It is not learning that makes people good, but practice.

οὐ γὰρ τὰ μαθήματα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ποιεῖ ἀγαθούς, ἀλλὰ τὰ ἔργα.

Philosophers

Gaius Musonius Rufus

Roman Stoic philosopher (c. 30-101 AD), teacher of Epictetus, the man three emperors banished and could not silence. He wrote nothing, taught in the street, and insisted on equal philosophical education for women.

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Gaius Musonius Rufus's Other Quotes

Exile is not an evil.

If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labour passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures.

Philosophy is nothing other than the pursuit of nobility and goodness.

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