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Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied: β€œHe who is content.”
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β€œDon't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
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β€œDo not try to seem wise to others.”
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β€œCircumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
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β€œHe who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.”
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β€œDon't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.”
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β€œCircumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
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β€œDifficulty shows what men are.”
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β€œIf you wish to be a writer, write.”
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β€œIf you wish to be a writer, write.”
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Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied: β€œHe who is content.”
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"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
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β€œDo not try to seem wise to others.”
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β€œNo great thing is created suddenly.”
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β€œDon't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
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β€œDon't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.”
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β€œIt is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.”
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β€œI laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.”
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β€œIf you wish to be a writer, write.”
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β€œMan is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems”
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β€œIt is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.”
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β€œNo great thing is created suddenly.”
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β€œYou become what you give your attention to.”
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β€œThere is no shame in making an honest effort.”
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β€œIf you wish to be a writer, write.”
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β€œFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
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β€œIt is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous -- even death is terrible only if we fear it.”
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β€œIt is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.”
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β€œAttach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.”
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"Do not try to seem wise to others."
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β€œIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
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β€œKnow, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”
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β€œYou become what you give your attention to.”
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β€œHe who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.”
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β€œThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
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β€œThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
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β€œOnly the educated are free.”
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β€œWe cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them”
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"No great thing is created suddenly."
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β€œNo man is free who is not master of himself.”
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β€œSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.”
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β€œDon't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
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β€œThe essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.”
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β€œNeither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
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β€œDo not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.”
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β€œThere is no shame in making an honest effort.”
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β€œEither God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.”
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β€œDon't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.”
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β€œDon't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
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β€œIt is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance”
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β€œThe key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
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β€œThe key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
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β€œThere is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will. ”
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β€œDo not try to seem wise to others. If you want to live a wise life, live it on your own terms and in your own eyes.”
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β€œNo man is free who is not master of himself.”
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β€œSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.”
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"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
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β€œDifficulty shows what men are.”
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β€œNo man is free who is not master of himself.”
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β€œHe who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.”
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β€œThere is no shame in making an honest effort.”
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β€œFreedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”
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β€œIf you wish to be a writer, write.”
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β€œMen are disturbed not by the things which happen, but by the opinion about the things.”
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"It is unrealistic to expect people to see you as you see yourself."
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β€œI must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?”
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β€œWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but the way people think things are.”
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β€œWe suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.”
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β€œYou become what you give your attention to.”
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β€œCircumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”
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β€œEvents do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.”
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