Avoid banquets which are given by strangers an ignorant persons. But if there is ever occasion to join them, let your attention… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
You are a principal work, a fragment of [Goddess herself], you have in yourself a part of [her]. Why then are you… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Does a man reproach thee for being proud or ill-natured, envious or conceited, ignorant or detracting? Consider with thyself whether his reproaches… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.” — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
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