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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it you can either accept it or resent it.
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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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If you would be a reader, read if a writer, write.
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It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating, much drinking, much easing of the body, much copulation. But these things should be done as subordinate things: and let all your care be directed to the mind.
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
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If you wish to write, write.
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As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.
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No living being is held by anything so strongly as by its own needs. Whatever therefore appears a hindrance to these, be it brother, or father, or child, or mistress, or friend, is hated, abhorred, execrated.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance
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Embrace reality. Think about what delights you - the small luxuries on which you depend, the people whom you cherish most. But remember that they have their own distinct character, which is quite a separate matter from how we happen to regard them.
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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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It is my business, to manage carefully and dexterously whatever happens
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Ask yourself, How are my thoughts, words and deeds affecting my friends, my spouse, my neighbour, my child, my employer, my subordinates, my fellow citizens?
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne another by which it cannot.
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Wish that everything should come about just as it does.
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