If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
EPICTETUSKeep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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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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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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You become what you give your attention to. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.
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It’s so simple really: If you say you’re going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.
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We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
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