Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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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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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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The best place to get help is from yourself.
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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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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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Only the educated are free.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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