Epictetus Quotes
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Two principles we should always have ready - that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.
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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
[Religion]
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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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We are not to lead events, but follow them.
[Providence]
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We are not troubled by things, but by the opinion which we have of things.
[Events]
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We do not choose our own parts in life, and have nothing to do with those parts. - Our duty is confined to playing them well.
[Duty]
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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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We ought not to stretch either our legs or our hopes for a point they cannot reach.
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We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
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We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are
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What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.
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What will the world be quite overturned when you die?
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Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else.
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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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When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
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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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Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison
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Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?
[Children]
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