Epictetus
Quotations
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“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.” -Epictetus
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“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.” -Epictetus
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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.” -Epictetus
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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.” -Epictetus
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“Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.” -Epictetus
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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.” -Epictetus
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“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” -Epictetus
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“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
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“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.” -Epictetus
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“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.” -Epictetus
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“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.” -Epictetus
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“We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.” -Epictetus
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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.” -Epictetus
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“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
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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.” -Epictetus
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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.” -Epictetus
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“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” -Epictetus
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“It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.” -Epictetus
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“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
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“It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.” -Epictetus
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“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.” -Epictetus
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“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” -Epictetus
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“When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.” -Epictetus
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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. – Epictetus
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