If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write. Author: Epictetus Copy Quote More from Epictetus “We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educate…” “It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” “If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations,…” “Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on acc…”