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.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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Only the educated are free.
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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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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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