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Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee.

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Epictetus
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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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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Dare to look up to God and say, Deal with me in the future as Thou wilt I am of the same mind as Thou art I am Thine I refuse nothing that pleases Thee lead me where Thou wilt clothe me in any dress Thou choosest.
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It is not events that disturb the minds of men, but the view they take of them.
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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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Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
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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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If what the philosophers say be true, that all men's actions proceed from one source that as they assent from a persuasion that a thing is so, and dissent from a persuasion that it is not, and suspend their judgment from a persuasion that it is uncertain, so likewise they seek a thing from a persuasion that it is for their advantage.
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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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Be free from grief not through insensibility like the irrational animals, nor through want of thought like the foolish, but like a man of virtue by having reason as the consolation of grief.
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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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Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.
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Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
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Although we can't control which roles are assigned to us, it must be our business to act our given role as best we possibly can and to refrain from complaining about it. Where ever you find yourself and in whatever circumstances, give an impeccable performance.
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When one maintains his proper attitude in life, he does not long after externals.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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