In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We ought to flee the friendship of the wicked, and the enmity of the good. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“If you wish to be a writer; write! Send quote to a friend Epictetus (50-120) Greek philosopher.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Everything has two handles; the one soft and manageable, the other such as will not endure to be touched. If then your… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Ask yourself, "How are my thoughts, words and deeds affecting my friends, my spouse, my neighbour, my child, my employer, my subordinates,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences.… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Friend, lay hold with a desperate grasp, ere it is too late, on Freedom, on Tranquility, on Greatness of soul!” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
