John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8962 Epitetus AD 50- 138 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8962 |
| AUTHOR: | Epictetus (A.D. c. 50–c. 138) |
| QUOTATION: | Every habit and faculty is preserved and increased by correspondent actions,—as the habit of walking, by walking; of running, by running. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | How the Semblances of Things are to be combated. Chap. xviii. |