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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Epictetus

It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.
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Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or from neglecting what is within our power.
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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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I laugh at those who think they can damage me. They do not know who I am, they do not know what I think, they cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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Desire and happiness cannot live together.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Don’t be concerned with other people’s impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.
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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

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When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

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