Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

What you thought as your own is not your own. They belong to some body. You returned it to them.

epictetus

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