Epictetus Quotes & Quotations

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» All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

» The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

» 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.

» Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

» First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

» He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

» Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

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

» Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

» It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.

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