John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8938 Epitetus AD 50- 138 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 8938 |
AUTHOR: | Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138) |
QUOTATION: | O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from the same stock, and of the same high descent? But if you chance to be placed in some superior station, will you presently set yourself up for a tyrant? |
ATTRIBUTION: | Discourses. Chap. xiii. |