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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in the chorus, and to his harmony with them?
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The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
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No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.
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What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
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Pleasure, like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad, and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition.
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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing and if you shall seem to someone to be a person of importance, distrust yourself.
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It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.
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At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
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What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.
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Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be or they neither are, nor appear to be or they are, and do not appear to be or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.
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It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?
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A thing either is what it appears to be or it is not, but yet appears to be or it is, but does not appear to be or it is not, and does not appear to be.
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Confidence in nonsense is a requirement for the creative process.
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Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Act well your given part the choice rests not with you.
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Pain or pleasure? I say pleasure.
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