Epictetus Quotes (65 quotes)

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„There is nothing good or evil save in the will.“
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„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.“
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„Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.“
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„You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.“
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„Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.“
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„It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.“
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„Freedom is the right to live as we wish.“
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„The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.“
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„Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.“
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„No great thing is created suddenly.“
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„You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.“
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„Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.“
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„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.“
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„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.“
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„One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.“
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„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.“
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„Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.“
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„Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.“
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„All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.“
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„If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.“
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Epictetus
Author born: November 30, 2054
Author died: November 30, 0134
Nationality: Greek
Author Profession: Philosopher

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