In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.
EPICTETUSNo matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
More Epictetus Quotes
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You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don’t be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Only the educated are free.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Don’t demand or expect that events happen as you would wish them do. Accept events as they actually happen. That way, peace is possible.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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It’s time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to be wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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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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No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
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If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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Authentic happiness is always independent of external conditions.
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