First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSWe all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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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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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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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Only the educated are free.
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