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Body Quotes by Epictetus
- As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.
- It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the…
- Some things are up to us [eph' hêmin] and some things are not up to us. Our opinions are up to us, and our impulses,…
- Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the…
- It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating,…
- If a person had delivered up your body to some passer-by, you would certainly be angry. And do you feel no shame in delivering up…
- It is the sign of a dull mind to dwell upon the cares of the body, to prolong exercise, eating and drinking and other bodily…
- It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
- Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control. Sickness may challenge your body. But are…
More Body Quotes
- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on… — Aristotle
- If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. — M H Abrams
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a… — Chinua Achebe
- Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
- I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
- If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for… — John James Audubon
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine