Quotes by Epictetus

8 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.— filed under Circumstance

Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig, I will answer to you that it requires time: let it flower first, then put forth fruit, and then ripen.— filed under Fruits

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.— filed under Goodness

The Beginning of Philosophy *** is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things. C.— filed under Philosophy

This whole universe is one city. ff.— filed under Proverbs

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?— filed under Proverbs

Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt; I am of the same mind as Thou art; I am Thine; I refuse nothing that pleases Thee; lead me where Thou wilt; clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.— filed under Resignation

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.— filed under Will

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