Epictetus Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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History laughs at both the victim and the aggressor.
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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I'm not on a slander campaign to ruin Jon Jones publicly. That's not what I set out to do.
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.
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Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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Medicaid and Medicare both need to be devolved to the states.
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A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
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Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.
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My mother is an African-American from the South Side of Chicago who married a white guy in 1978. She was hyperaware of racism and made me aware of that.
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Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness.
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I'd like to be a wounded leading man. Instead of a pillar of strength, I'd be the scared one.
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Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.
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A kiss may ruin a human life.
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Maintaining a relationship is easy when you both are in same profession because you understand the work pattern.
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A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on the family and sometimes even the whole village." "Do you then have to kill yourself over it or something?" "Goodness me, no! The family and village just have to learn to be ashamed--and nuts to them for being so oversensitive.
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The judge ruled against us on both the revocation and the text change, reasoning that we used the wrong legal vehicles. We will have to have some serious discussions before we make a decision as to whether to appeal the decision or not.
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All who contribute to the overthrow of religion, or to the ruin of kingdoms and commonwealths, all who are foes to letters and to the arts which confer honour and benefit on the human race (among whom I reckon the impious, the cruel, the ignorant, the indolent, the base and the worthless), are held in infamy and detestation.
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If you think you can temper yourself into manliness by sitting here over your books, it is the very silliest fancy that ever tempted a young man to his ruin. You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
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Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.
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From every ruin, life springs up again and everything that dies is born again.
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Solitude is un-American.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
