Maxioms by Epictetus
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.