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Knows Quotes by Epictetus

18 Knows quotes by Epictetus

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Epictetus shares eighteen concise observations on knowledge, each steeped in Stoic pragmatism. His terse wisdom cuts to the core of what we can control, offering a steady compass for modern readers.

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Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do

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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

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You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not.

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Have the wisdom to know what cannot be changed, and the strength to change what can.

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It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

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Appear to know only this--never to fail nor fall.

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I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.

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You can be happy if you know this secret: Some things are within your power to control and some things are not.

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To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is…

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What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to…

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Bid a singer in a chorus, Know Thyself; and will he not turn for the knowledge to the others, his fellows in…

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Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but…

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If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know…

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Our duties naturally emerge form such fundamental relations as our families, neighborhoods, workplaces, our state or nation. Make it your regular habit…

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If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously does…

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If anyone should tell you that a particular person has spoken critically of you, don't bother with excuses or defenses. Just smile…

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Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing?... what do you wish to…

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You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell…

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

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Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

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When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they…

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We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.

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Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own

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You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at…

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Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the…

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As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

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If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and…

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“For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.”

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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…

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People are disturbed not by things, but by the view they take of them.

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“Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness”

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All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

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