• Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.

    Epictetus: Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.
    Epictetus (1967). “Epictetus: the Discourses as reported by Arrian, the Manual, and fragments”