Epictetus Quotes
+3All philosophy in two words, sustain and abstain.
- Epictetus
+2Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
- Epictetus
+1First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
- Epictetus
+1Seek not good from without: seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
- Epictetus
+1Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
- Epictetus
+1Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
- Epictetus
+1Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.
- Epictetus
+1Practice yourself in little things, and thence proceed to greater.
- Epictetus
+1Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
- Epictetus
+1We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
- Epictetus
+1No man is free who is not a master of himself.
- Epictetus
+1It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
- Epictetus
+1He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
- Epictetus
+1Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
- Epictetus
+1One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
- Epictetus
0Lameness is an impediment to the body but not to the will.
- Epictetus
