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You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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If you would be a reader, read if a writer, write.
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Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.
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If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.
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It is hard to combine and unite these two qualities, the carefulness of one who is affected by circumstances, and the intrepidity of one who heeds them not. But it is not impossible: else were happiness also impossible.
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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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-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure but if you stay, stop lamenting.
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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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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It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
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Pleasure, like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad, and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them
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You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful.
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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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What thou avoidest suffering thyself seek not to impose on others.
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