It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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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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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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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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Only the educated are free.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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