The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
EPICTETUSWhat concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
More Epictetus Quotes
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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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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
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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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We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.
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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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Wisdom means understanding without any doubt that circumstances do not rise to meet our expectations. Events happen as they may. People behave as they will.
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The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have.
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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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No matter what happens, it is within my power to turn it to my advantage.
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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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He who is not happy with little will never be happy with much.
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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
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It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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