What should a philosopher say, then, in the face of each of the hardships of life? "It was for this that I've been training myself, it was for this that I was practising."
τί οὖν δεῖ λέγειν αὐτὸν ἐφ᾿ ἑκάστου τῶν τραχέων; ὅτι 'ἕνεκα τούτου ἐγυμναζόμην, ἐπὶ τοῦτο ἤσκουν'.
Original text (Ancient Greek)