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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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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous, even death is terrible only if we fear it.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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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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Only the educated are free.
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Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.
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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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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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Anything worth putting off is worth abandoning altogether.
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