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Full Idea
Even if the wise man were put to the torture, he would still be happy.
Gist of Idea
A wise man would be happy even under torture
Source
report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.26
Book Ref
Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.466
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