John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8970 Epitetus AD 50- 138 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8970 |
| AUTHOR: | Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138) |
| QUOTATION: | In every affair consider what precedes and what follows, and then undertake it. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | That Everything is to be undertaken with Circumspection. Chap. xv. |
| Note 1. See Publius Syrus, Quotation 76. [back] |