QuoteQuest“οὐδέν ἐστι τὸ ἀνθέλκον ὡς πρὸς τὸ ἀκολουθῆσαι τοῖς διδασκομένοις, ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν βιωτικῶν πολλὰ τὰ περισπῶντα.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: Epictetus
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
- Held by
- Wikiquote
Context
In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.
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Epictetus. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Epictetus. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Epictetus
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