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Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.

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Epictetus
Philosopher
Epictetus of Hierapolis
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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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It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror and this cannot be without toil.
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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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Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them.
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First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.
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No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.
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Never depend on the admiration of others for self-satisfaction. It is a fact of life that other people, even people who love you, will not necessarily agree with your ideas, understand you always, or share your enthusiasms.
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We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed.
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Seek not good from without seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
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In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.
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You become what you give your attention to...If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
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Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?
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It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgements, and these I can carry with me... These alone are my own and cannot be taken away.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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