Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Books are the training weights of the mind.
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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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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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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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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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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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