Epictetus Quotes
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.Epictetus
Quotes to Explore
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
Isaac Asimov -
I really loved making 'Love, Nina.' I was in every scene, which was amazing. Bloody hell, what a job!
Faye Marsay -
Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
When I was a kid, the miracles of my life were the Resurrection, a candlelight service on New Year's Eve, the Virgin Birth, and the Three Wise Men.
Dan Brown -
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Walter Savage Landor -
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
Gabriel Marcel
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
Adam McKay -
When we were subjected to a vicious character assassination campaign orchestrated by senior White House officials and championed by their allies in the right-wing echo chamber, Hillary reached out to us. Her counsel during that tumultuous period was as timely as it was wise.
Valerie Plame -
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
H. L. Mencken -
I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.
Larry Mullen, Jr. U2 -
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
H. G. Wells -
The team is in great shape, the coaching staff, the front office. Just things feel really good chemistry-wise across the board.
Dan Gilbert
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Xenophanes -
The All-Wise Maker attaches hundreds of instances of wisdom to each of the beings in the palace of the universe and equips them to perform hundreds of duties. To all trees He bestows instances of wisdom to the number of its fruits and gives duties to the number of its flowers.
Said Nursi -
Everybody gets typecast in movies, but you have to make wise choices. I'd say around 90 percent of movie casting is about the way you look, so you have to fight that. If producers had their way, I'd only be in action films, but I'm interested in a more varied career than that.
Famke Janssen -
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
Samuel Johnson -
The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.
Gary Zukav -
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Samuel Johnson
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Do not rebuke mockers, or they will hate you; rebuke the wise, and they will love you.
King Solomon -
There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
Diogenes -
It's my tough luck if things happen that are complicated.
Chrissie Hynde Pretenders -
The terrible beauty is that in the brotherhood of golf we are all the same - certifiable.
Sean Connery -
I am comfortable with how I look.
Leandra Medine -
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus