If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
EPICTETUSWe should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Happiness and personal fulfillment are the natural consequences of doing the right thing.
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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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It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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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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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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