Epictetus/influence/acting

Famous quotes containing the words influence and/or acting:

“Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.”
—Simone Weil (1909–1943)

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