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> [If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-you-seek-truth-you-will-not-seek-to-gain-a-victory-by-every/)

[Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/)

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> [If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/if-you-seek-truth-you-will-not-seek-victory-by-dishonorable-means-and/)

[Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/)

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## 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/)

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