First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
EPICTETUSDesire and happiness cannot live together.
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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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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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