Maxioms by Epictetus
Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.
Only the educated are free. -Epictetus.
Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they read more
Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well
What will the world be quite overturned when you die?
What will the world be quite overturned when you die?
Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to read more
Two things may happen when we meet someone: either we become friends or we try to convince that person to accept our beliefs. The same thing happens when a hot coal meets another piece of coal: it either shares its fire with it or is overwhelmed by the other`s size and is extinguished.
Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak
Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak
