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Epictetus Quote - 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.

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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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Don’t consent to be hurt and you won’t be hurt – this is a choice over which you have control.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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