Sheep don't show off the grass. They grow the wool.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 46
Sheep don't show off the grass. They grow the wool.
Epictetus, Enchiridion 46
The source
"Sheep don't show off the grass. They grow the wool." Epictetus said it in Enchiridion 46. Translated by George Long, 1877.
"even sheep do not vomit up their grass and show to the shepherds how much they have eaten; but when they have internally digested the pasture, they produce externally wool and milk"George Long, 1877, Enchiridion 46.
Who said it
Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Born enslaved, became the most influential Stoic teacher of his age. His student Arrian wrote down the Discourses and the Enchiridion.
Questions
- Who said "Sheep don't show off the grass. They grow the wool."?
- Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD). Source: Enchiridion 46.
- What is the original wording?
- even sheep do not vomit up their grass and show to the shepherds how much they have eaten; but when they have internally digested the pasture, they produce externally wool and milk (George Long, 1877). Translated by George Long, 1877.
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