Epictetus/influence/acting

Famous quotes containing the words influence and/or acting:

“A husband who submits to his wife’s yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman’s influence ought to be entirely concealed.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)