An idea from Discourses and Enchiridion

Agrippinus hears that his trial in the Senate is under way and goes on with his exercise and his cold bath. When word comes that he is condemned, he asks only whether it is exile or death. Told exile, he suggests they go to Aricia and eat.

From Discourses and Enchiridion by Epictetus

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