When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed wit

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When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
----Epictetus

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