Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSTo live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Only the educated are free.
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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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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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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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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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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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