John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8944 Epitetus AD 50- 138 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8944 |
| AUTHOR: | Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138) |
| QUOTATION: | If what the philosophers say be true,—that all men’s actions proceed from one source; that as they assent from a persuasion that a thing is so, and dissent from a persuasion that it is not, and suspend their judgment from a persuasion that it is uncertain,—so likewise they seek a thing from a persuasion that it is for their advantage. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Discourses. Chap. xviii. |