What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
EPICTETUSNo man is free who is not master of himself.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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