A stoic quote by Epictetus from Discourses III, 22.42

Look, can you be forced to assent to what appears to you wrong?’ ‘No.’ ‘Or to dissent from the plain truth?’ ‘No.’ ‘Then you see you do have within you a share of freedom.’
― Epictetus Discourses III, 22.42

Stoic Sage in Training

A Sage is a theoretical perfect stoic - I can only attempt to act as I imagine he would act in my situation.