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EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
More Epictetus Quotes
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We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.
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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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Difficulty shows what men are.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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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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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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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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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 suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.
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