What did Epictetus mean by: It doesn’t take much to lose everything, just a little departure from reason Epictetus Philosopher · Greece Copy
+ Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. Read explanation Author, April 14, 2023December 25, 2024, Epictetus, Appearance, Identity, Self-awareness, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ Think of God more often than thou breathest. Read explanation Author, August 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Epictetus, Devotion, God, Mindfulness, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. Read explanation Author, March 6, 2023December 25, 2024, Epictetus, Clarity, Communication, Understanding, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ What will the world be quite overturned when you die? Author, June 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Epictetus, Fear, Legacy, Mortality, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Epictetus, Adversity, Choice, Resilience, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ Let thy speech of God be renewed day by day, aye, rather than thy meat and drink. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Epictetus, Prioritization, Renewal, Spiritualism, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account! Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Epictetus, Life, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
+ What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Epictetus, Disturbance, Opinions, 0 Epictetus Philosopher · Greece
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself. Read explanation Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.] Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France