Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
EPICTETUSA ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
More Epictetus Quotes
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.
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We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.
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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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In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.
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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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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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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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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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