In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
EPICTETUSDifficulty shows what men are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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