Fragments of Epictetus from Stobaeus, Antonius, and Maximus.86
Book 0
Ch. 1
A life at odds with Fortune resembles a wintry
torrent; for it is turbulent and muddy and
difficult to pass, and violent and noisy and brief.
A soul conversant with virtue resembles a perpetual
fountain; for it is clear and gentle and agreeable and
sweet and serviceable and rich and harmless and
innocent.