It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
EPICTETUSFreedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them.
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Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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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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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Don’t live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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Only the educated are free.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.
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Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Demand not that things happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do, and you will go on well.
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Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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