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Greek Philosopher Quotes

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.

Heraclitus
Unrealistic Expectations, Unexpected, Greek Philosopher

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

Epictetus
Inspirational, Patience, Greek Philosopher
Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.48

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government.

Socrates
Men, Thinking, Greek Philosopher
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

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