Quote of Epictetus - Be careful to leave your sons...
Biography - Epictetus:
*Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: 50 - Died: 125
Period:
2nd century
1st century
Place of birth: Turkey
Born: 50 - Died: 125
Period:
2nd century
1st century
Place of birth: Turkey
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.
See also...
Quotes for: wealth
Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.
Quotes about education:
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.
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