Only the educated are free.
EPICTETUSKnow you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
More Epictetus Quotes
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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