Tag: Epictetus
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.
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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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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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Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
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