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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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It is wicked to withdraw from being useful to the needy, and cowardly to give way to the worthless.
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First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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We can't control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Our duties naturally emerge form such fundamental relations as our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, our state or nation. Make it your regular habit to consider your roles-parent, child, neighbor, citizen, leader-and the natural duties that arise from them. Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do.
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There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty.
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Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in life as at a feast.
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There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.
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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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Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think it is of no concern to us.
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As it is pleasant to see the sea from the land, so it is pleasant for him who has escaped from troubles to think of them.
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In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.
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Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.
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What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.
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