Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
EPICTETUSMake the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.
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Try not to react merely in the moment. Pull back from the situation. Take a wider view. Compose yourself.
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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.
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Ruin and recovering are both from within.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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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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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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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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No matter where you find yourself, comport yourself as if you were a distinguished person.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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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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