Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
EPICTETUSSmall-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
More Epictetus Quotes
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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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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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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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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