He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
EPICTETUSIt is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Only the educated are free.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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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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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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