Epictetus

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People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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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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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

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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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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

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We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

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It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

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Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

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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.

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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

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