No man is free who is not master of himself.
EPICTETUSGive me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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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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To live a life of virtue, match up your thoughts, words, and deeds.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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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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