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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this man would have had nothing to be proud of.'
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Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
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Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
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Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?
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What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse.
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Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
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No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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Make it your business to draw out the best in others by being an exemplar yourself.
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Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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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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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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When the Idea, of any Pleasure strikes your Imagination... let that time be employed in making a just Computation between, the duration of the Pleasure, and that of the Repentance sure to follow it.
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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
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Ask yourself, How are my thoughts, words and deeds affecting my friends, my spouse, my neighbour, my child, my employer, my subordinates, my fellow citizens?
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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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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