[ epictetus Quotes ]
34 Quotations
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A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
[ Truth ]
Epictetus
25 votes
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
[ Life and Living ]
Epictetus
19 votes
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
[ Speakers and Speaking ]
Epictetus
20 votes
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
[ Affirmation ]
Epictetus
21 votes
For it is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.
[ Fear ]
Epictetus
19 votes
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
[ Alcohol and Alcoholism ]
Epictetus
23 votes
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
[ Critics and Criticism ]
Epictetus
20 votes
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
[ Freedom ]
Epictetus
22 votes
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
[ Knowledge ]
Epictetus
23 votes
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
[ Pleasure ]
Epictetus
21 votes
It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.
[ Choice ]
Epictetus
21 votes
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
[ Power ]
Epictetus
20 votes
Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
[ Opinions ]
Epictetus
20 votes
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
[ Belief ]
Epictetus
23 votes
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
[ Listening ]
Epictetus
20 votes
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
[ Hope ]
Epictetus
20 votes
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
[ Perfection ]
Epictetus
23 votes
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
[ Discipline ]
Epictetus
21 votes
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
[ Patience ]
Epictetus
20 votes
Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?
[ Children ]
Epictetus
22 votes
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