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Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
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Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away with me, for no one can deprive me of these on the contrary, they alone are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices me wherever I am or whatever I do.
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