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Epictetus Quote - Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.

Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.

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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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