“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them”
— Epiktet
“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them”
— Epiktet
“Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.”
“Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power”
“Man lives for science as well as bread.”
“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar”
“We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.”