First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSI laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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