Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
EPICTETUSHappiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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 consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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