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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.
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When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.
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You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
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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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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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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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By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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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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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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When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though many shall form an unfavorable opinion about it. For if it is not right to do it, avoid doing the thing but if it is right, why are you afraid of those who shall find fault wrongly?
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There are some things which men confess with ease, and others with difficulty.
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Act your part with honor.
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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them
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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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What hurts this person is not the occurrence itself, for another person might not feel oppressed by this situation at all. What is hurting this person is the response he or she has uncritically adopted. It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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With ills unending strives the putter off.
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What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?
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