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Evils Quotes by Epictetus
- Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear…
- The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
- Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring…
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