—Dolor ipse disertum
Fecerat—
Ovid.
the Stoick Philosophers discard all Passions in general, they will not allow a Wise Man so much as to pity the Afflictions of another.
If thou seest thy Friend in Trouble
, says
Epictetus
,
thou mayst put on a Look of Sorrow, and condole with him, but take care that thy Sorrow be not real
. The more rigid of this Sect would not comply so far as to shew even such an outward Appearance of Grief, but when one told them of any Calamity that had befallen even the nearest of their Acquaintance, would immediately reply,