Epictetus Quotes
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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, "He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
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To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.
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Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
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It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.
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It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens."
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Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!
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Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.
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Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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Keep death and exile daily before thine eyes, with all else that men deem terrible, but more especially Death. Then wilt thou never think a mean thought, nor covet anything beyond measure. (161).
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Thou shalt not blame or flatter any. (6).
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.
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Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
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No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.
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Is freedom anything else than the power of living as we choose? Nothing else. Tell me then, you men, do you wish to live in error? We do not. No one who lives in error is free. Do you wish to live in fear? Do you wish to live in sorrow? Do you wish to live in tension? By no means. No one who is in a state of fear or sorrow or tension is free, but whoever is delivered from sorrows or fears or anxieties, he is at the same time also delivered from servitude.
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What matters most is what sort of person you are becoming. Wise individuals care only about whom they are today and who they can be tomorrow.
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If you wish to write, write.