Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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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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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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