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Epictetus
Greek
Philosopher
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Right
#Nothing
#Freedom
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Life
#Hope
#Rest
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Character
#Public
#Example
#Personality
If you wish to be a writer, write.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Writer
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Silence
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#First
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Men
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Wife
No great thing is created suddenly.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Time
#First
#Desire
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Want
#Thought
#Content
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Nature
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Power
#Rest
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Control
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Truth
#Victory
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Words
#Lies
#Philosophy
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Sons
#Wealth
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Difficulties
Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Wishes
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#First
#Meaning
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#First
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Moderation
All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
#Heaven
If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Peace
#Virtue
#Progress
#Perfection
#Happiness
#Prosperity
#Promises
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Freedom
#Desire
#Enjoyment
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Desire
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Evil
#Lie
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
God has entrusted me with myself.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#God
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Right
#Freedom
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Wrong
#Brother
#Wrongs
We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Lies
#Lying
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Nothing
#Evil
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Difficulty
#Gain
#Glory
#Storms
#Reputation
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
#Happiness
#Philosophy
Silence is safer than speech.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Speech
#Silence
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Practice
#Heaven
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#People
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#May
Only the educated are free.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Time
#Nothing
#First
#Desire
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#People
#Key
#Company
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Power
#Happiness
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Want
#Education
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Will
#Religion
#Treasure
We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Credit
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Man
#Opinion
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Life
#Hope
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Wealth
#Possessions
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Forget
#Will
#Study
#Man
#Anger
#Fault
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Evil
#Habit
#Present
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#World
#Wealth
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Soul
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#World
#Man
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Heart
#Soul
#Body
Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Success
#Training
#Effort
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Opinion
#Insults
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
Epictetus,
Greek
Philosopher
#Death
#Fear
#Pain