If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
EPICTETUSNature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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By accepting life’s limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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