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The uninstructed blame others for their condition, learners blame themselves, and the fully instructed blame no one
Drawn from what Epictetus said
What Epictetus actually said
- Epictetus Greek Stoic philosopher (born in the 50s CE
It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.
Where this was said
↗Encheiridion of Epictetus, as recorded by Arrian (tr. George Long, 1877)gutenberg.org
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