We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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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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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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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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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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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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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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