Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
EPICTETUSI 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.
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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.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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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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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Only the educated are free.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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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 is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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