It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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More Epictetus Quotes
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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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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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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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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Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.
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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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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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