"Men suffer because they cannot say 'no'."
Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.
Epictetus is one of the Stoic philosophers.
More quotes from Epictetus
- "It is not external criticism, but internal confirmation that matters."
- "Wealth is not in having great possessions, but in having few needs."
- "Do not wait for the perfect change; start now."
- "Pleasure is not the end of life, but an accompaniment to just actions."
- "It is not poverty that we consider bad, but our opinion about it."