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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.

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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.
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What is a child? Ignorance. What is a child? Want of instruction.
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Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne another by which it cannot.
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Envy is the antagonist of the fortunate.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.
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Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt I am of the same mind as Thou art I am Thine I refuse nothing that pleases Thee lead me where Thou wilt clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.
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I am always content with what happens for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
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