It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Epictetus
More from: Epictetus
DOWNLOAD
You are free to use this picture for any purpose including commercial. A credit linking back to this page is appreciated.
Similar Quotes:
-
What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. -
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. -
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. -
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. -
Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.
More quotes by Epictetus
- We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.
- When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
- The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
- Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
- First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.