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Epictetus Quote - We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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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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Other people’s views and troubles can be contagious. Don’t sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Adopt Association Attitude Negative People Trouble
Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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Explanation Express Philosophy
If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Bad Believe Goodness Improvement One Liner
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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Alone Appearance Impression Life People Strength
We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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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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