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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile and reply, I guess that person doesn't know about all my other faults. Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned only these.
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
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If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken and having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing so shall you succeed in being well spoken of.
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What is yours is to play the assigned part well. But to choose it belongs to someone else
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If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit give it nothing which may tend to its increase.
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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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If I can acquire money and also keep myself modest and faithful and magnanimous, point out the way, and I will acquire it.
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The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
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Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.
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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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Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
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Focus not on what he or she does, but on keeping to your higher purpose. Your own purpose should seek harmony with nature itself. For this is the true road to freedom.
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He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
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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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Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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