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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.
EpictetusEpictetus I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
EpictetusEpictetus Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EpictetusEpictetus When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
EpictetusEpictetus It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EpictetusEpictetus Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
EpictetusEpictetus Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
EpictetusEpictetus It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
EpictetusEpictetus It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
EpictetusEpictetus Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EpictetusEpictetus If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
EpictetusEpictetus If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
EpictetusEpictetus It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
EpictetusEpictetus No man is free who is not master of himself.
EpictetusEpictetus First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
EpictetusEpictetus Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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