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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
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Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, and desires and the demons that distract us from these goals. Outside of our control are such things as what kind of body we have, whether or not we are born into wealth, and how we are regarded by others.
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Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne another by which it cannot.
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If you have anything better to be doing when death overtakes you, get to work on that.
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Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.
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Silence is safer than speech.
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When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?
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In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taughtbut in life there are many things to draw us aside.
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Law intends indeed to do service to human life, but it is not able when men do not choose to accept her services for it is only in those who are obedient to her that she displays her special virtue.
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Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
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Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
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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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Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.
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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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