Epictetus

That halting slave, who in Nicopolis
Taught Arrian, when Vespasian's brutal son
Cleared Rome of what most shamed him

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You also must show the unlearned man the truth, and you will see that he will follow. But so long as you do not show it him, you should not mock, but rather feel your own incapacity.

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It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens."

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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

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Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet.

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"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." Marcus Aurelius

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When, therefore, we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved let us never impute it to others, but to ourselves; that is, to our own views.

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So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.

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...when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say I won’t play any longer, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.

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

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For the man who has once stooped to consider such questions, and to reckon up the value of external things, is not far from forgetting what manner of man he is.

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But if you suppose that only to be your own which is your own, and what belongs to others such as it really is, then no one will ever compel you or restrain you.

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Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal.

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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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If you wish to be a writer, write.

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Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

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Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.

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Your happiness depends on three things, all of which are within your power: your will, your ideas concerning the events in which you are involved, and the use you make of your ideas.

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Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness

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If you wish to be a writer, write.

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Do not try to seem wise to others.