When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
EPICTETUSIn prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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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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We all dread a bodily paralysis, and would make use of every contrivance to avoid it; but none of us is troubled about a paralysis of the soul.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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