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> [“Whenever you undertake an activity in which public failure is a possibility, you are likely to experience butterflies in your stomach. I mentioned above that since becoming a stoic, I have become a collector of insults. I have also become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/whenever-you-undertake-an-activity-in-which-public-failure-is-a/)

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## More by William B. Irvine

> [“Pre-Socratic philosophy begins ... with the discovery of Nature; Socratic philosophy begins with the discovery of man's soul."3”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/pre-socratic-philosophy-begins-with-the-discovery-of-nature-socratic/)

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> [“According to Seneca, “A man is as wretched as he has convinced himself that he is.” He therefore recommends that we “do away with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/according-to-seneca-a-man-is-as-wretched-as-he-has-convinced-himself/)

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> [“For the Stoics, however, the near impossibility of becoming a sage is not a problem. They talk about sages primarily so they will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/for-the-stoics-however-the-near-impossibility-of-becoming-a-sage-is/)

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> [“Indeed, pursuing pleasure, Seneca warns, is like pursuing a wild beast: On being captured, it can turn on us and tear us to pieces.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/indeed-pursuing-pleasure-seneca-warns-is-like-pursuing-a-wild-beast/)

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> [“Your primary desire, says Epictetus, should be your desire not to be frustrated by forming desires you won’t be able to fulfill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/your-primary-desire-says-epictetus-should-be-your-desire-not-to-be/)

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> [“reason tends to be the servant rather than the master of desire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/reason-tends-to-be-the-servant-rather-than-the-master-of-desire/)

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> [“Whenever you undertake an activity in which public failure is a possibility, you are likely to experience butterflies in your stomach. I mentioned above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/whenever-you-undertake-an-activity-in-which-public-failure-is-a/)

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> [“They warn us to be careful in choosing our associates; other people, after all, have the power to shatter our tranquility—if we let them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/they-warn-us-to-be-careful-in-choosing-our-associates-other-people/)

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> [“Stoic tranquility was a psychological state marked by the absence of negative emotions, such as grief, anger, and anxiety, and the presence of positive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/stoic-tranquility-was-a-psychological-state-marked-by-the-absence-of/)

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> [“WHAT DO YOU WANT out of life?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/what-do-you-want-out-of-life/)

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> [“Before Socrates, philosophers were primarily interested in explaining the world around them and the phenomena of that world—in doing what we would now call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/before-socrates-philosophers-were-primarily-interested-in-explaining/)

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> [“the art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.”46”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/the-art-of-living-is-more-like-wrestling-than-dancing-46/)

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> [“he is blessed who dies not late but well.”) It”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/he-is-blessed-who-dies-not-late-but-well-it/)

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> [“If you refuse to enter contests that you are capable of losing, you will never lose a contest.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/if-you-refuse-to-enter-contests-that-you-are-capable-of-losing-you/)

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> [“Throughout the millennia and across cultures, those who have thought carefully about desire have drawn the conclusion that spending our days working to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-b-irvine/throughout-the-millennia-and-across-cultures-those-who-have-thought/)

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