Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EPICTETUSFirst learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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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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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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 you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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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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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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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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