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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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No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.
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When our friends are present we ought to treat them well and when they are absent, to speak of them well.
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You can be invincible, if you enter into no contest in which it is not in your power to conquer.
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To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.
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Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed evils avoided powers daily exercised careful resolutions unerring decisions.
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God has entrusted me with myself.
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These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.
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He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.
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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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I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
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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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Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
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