Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
EPICTETUSIt is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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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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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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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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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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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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