Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

The hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

epictetus

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782 The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
891 Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
804 Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
805 The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
810 If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

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