Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
EPICTETUSIt is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
More Epictetus Quotes
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Only the educated are free.
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In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
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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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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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It is unrealistc to expect people to see you as you see yourself.
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Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle.
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Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.
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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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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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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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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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