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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them

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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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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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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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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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If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.
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Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
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Happiness is an equivalent for all troublesome things.
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Do not so much be ashamed of that disgrace which proceeds from men's opinion as fly from that which comes from the truth.
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In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taughtbut in life there are many things to draw us aside.
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He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
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Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately to remember that evils are things to be avoided, but death is inevitable.
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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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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
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When we name things correctly, we comprehend them correctly, without adding information or judgements that aren't there. Does someone bathe quickly? Don't say be bathes poorly, but quickly. Name the situation as it is, don't filter it through your judgments. Give your assent only to that which is actually true.
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Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
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