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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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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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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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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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