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Epictetus Quote - If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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