First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSIt’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
More Epictetus Quotes
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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