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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating, much drinking, much easing of the body, much copulation. But these things should be done as subordinate things: and let all your care be directed to the mind.
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Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
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Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.
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Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as if you have always defeated.
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Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he wishes you to represent a poor man, do so heartily if a cripple, or a magistrate, or a private man, in each case act your part with honor.
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Don't regard what anyone says of you, for this, after all, is no concern of yours.
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Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.
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Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
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We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.
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You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.
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What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?
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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
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Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate.
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O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from the same stock, and of the same high descent? But if you chance to be placed in some superior station, will you presently set yourself up for a tyrant?
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control
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