We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
EPICTETUSTo live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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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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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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Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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