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Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.

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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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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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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
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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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At this time is freedom anything but the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.
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When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
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What disturbs and alarms man are not the things, but his opinions and fancies about the things.
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It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things.
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Whoever wants to be free, therefore, let him not want or avoid anything that is up to others. Otherwise he will necessarily be a slave.
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