“It is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in
adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then, at last, words of truth
are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality
remains.”
Lucretius (c.98-55
B.C.E.)
“Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but
instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.”
Epictetus (50-130)
3 comments:
Love all the philosopher quotes. I have a few of the works that they come from. I need to revisit them.
I love Lucretius. His De Rerum Natura is both poetically and philosophically beautiful.
I've just finished a philosophy book which had a few pages of great quotes in the back. I thought it would break up the torrent of pictures a bit to quote some of the best ones here.
I have a very high regard for the Greek philosophers. They talked a lot of sense back then. Quite a lot of nonsense too but that's not really surprising given that in many fields they founded the actual school of knowledge we now take for granted.
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