Epictetus: Nothing great, said Epictetus, is produced suddenly, since not even the grape…
Nothing great, said Epictetus, is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is.
In today’s wordsEpictetus said nothing great is produced suddenly; not even a grape or a fig is.
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