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Epictetus has 365 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
• It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
• Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
• A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
• Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to…
• I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
• It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of…
• Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with…

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