--- title: "9 Faults Quotes By Epictetus" description: "9 Faults quotes by Epictetus. Plus more from Epictetus and more Faults sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/epictetus-413_faults_if-a-man-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-un_1426253.jpg" --- > [If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-a-man-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-unhappiness-is-his-own-fault/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/epictetus-413_faults_if-a-man-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-un_1426253.jpg) > [Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/some-of-their-faults-men-readily-admit-but-others-not-so-readily/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/epictetus-413_faults_some-of-their-faults-men-readily-admit-b_130865.jpg) > [There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/there-are-some-faults-which-men-readily-admit-but-others-not-so/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/epictetus-413_faults_there-are-some-faults-which-men-readily_675080.jpg) > [If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-anyone-tells-you-that-a-certain-person-speaks-ill-of-you-do-not/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/epictetus-413_answers_if-anyone-tells-you-that-a-certain-perso_423005.jpg) > [If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-anyone-should-tell-you-that-a-particular-person-has-spoken/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/epictetus-413_bother_if-anyone-should-tell-you-that-a-particu_2015165.jpg) > [If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-anyone-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-unhappiness-is-his-own-fault/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/epictetus-413_anxiety_if-anyone-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-u_1498407.jpg) > [If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-you-hear-that-someone-is-speaking-ill-of-you-instead-of-trying-to/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27e/epictetus-413_doe_if-you-hear-that-someone-is-speaking-ill_2740256.jpg) > [When therefore we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved, let us never attribute it to others, but to ourselves; that is, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/when-therefore-we-are-hindered-or-disturbed-or-grieved-let-us-never/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/epictetus-413_attributes_when-therefore-we-are-hindered-or-distur_612887.jpg) > [When you have decided that a thing ought to be done and are doing it, never avoid bein seen doing it, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/when-you-have-decided-that-a-thing-ought-to-be-done-and-are-doing-it/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/031/epictetus-413_afraid_when-you-have-decided-that-a-thing-ought_410427.jpg) ## Other authors on Faults ## More by Epictetus > [“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/we-are-at-the-mercy-of-whoever-wields-authority-over-the-things-we/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/practice-yourself-for-heaven-s-sake-in-little-things-and-then-proceed/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/do-not-laugh-much-or-often-or-unrestrainedly/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/when-men-are-unhappy-they-do-not-imagine-they-can-ever-cease-to-be-so/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/we-are-not-disturbed-by-what-happens-to-us-but-by-our-thoughts-about/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/don-t-be-prideful-with-any-excellence-that-is-not-your-own/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/you-know-yourself-what-you-are-worth-in-your-own-eyes-and-at-what/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/crows-pick-out-the-eyes-of-the-dead-when-the-dead-have-no-longer-need/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/as-a-man-casting-off-worn-out-garments-taketh-new-ones-so-the-dweller/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-you-would-improve-submit-to-be-considered-wihout-sense-and-foolish/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/for-it-is-not-death-or-pain-that-is-to-be-feared-but-the-fear-of-pain/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/what-else-can-i-do-a-lame-old-man-but-sing-hymns-to-god-if-i-were-a/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/people-are-disturbed-not-by-things-but-by-the-view-they-take-of-them-2/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/small-minded-people-blame-others-average-people-blame-themselves-the/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/all-philosophy-lies-in-two-words-sustain-and-abstain/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faults/epictetus/#itemlist", "name": "9 Faults Quotes By Epictetus", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Epictetus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-a-man-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-unhappiness-is-his-own-fault/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/epictetus-413_faults_if-a-man-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-un_1426253.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/epictetus-413_faults_if-a-man-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-un_1426253.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/epictetus-413_faults_if-a-man-is-unhappy-remember-that-his-un_1426253.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.” — Epictetus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Epictetus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/some-of-their-faults-men-readily-admit-but-others-not-so-readily/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/epictetus-413_faults_some-of-their-faults-men-readily-admit-b_130865.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/epictetus-413_faults_some-of-their-faults-men-readily-admit-b_130865.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/epictetus-413_faults_some-of-their-faults-men-readily-admit-b_130865.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some of their faults men readily admit, but others not so readily.” — Epictetus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Epictetus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/there-are-some-faults-which-men-readily-admit-but-others-not-so/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/epictetus-413_faults_there-are-some-faults-which-men-readily_675080.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/epictetus-413_faults_there-are-some-faults-which-men-readily_675080.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/epictetus-413_faults_there-are-some-faults-which-men-readily_675080.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily.” — Epictetus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, \"He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Epictetus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-anyone-tells-you-that-a-certain-person-speaks-ill-of-you-do-not/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/epictetus-413_answers_if-anyone-tells-you-that-a-certain-perso_423005.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/epictetus-413_answers_if-anyone-tells-you-that-a-certain-perso_423005.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e94/epictetus-413_answers_if-anyone-tells-you-that-a-certain-perso_423005.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you…” — Epictetus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. 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