Epictetus — "You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs …"

You will do the greatest service to the state if you shall raise, not the roofs of the houses, but the souls of the citizens: for it is better that great souls should dwell in small houses rather than for mean slaves to lurk in great houses.
Epictetus — Epictetus Ancient · Stoic philosopher, former slave

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The Discourses of Epictetus

Date: c. 1st-2nd Century AD

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