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Great Quotes by Epictetus
- Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
- The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
- Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!
- Nothing great comes into being all at once.
- Contentment comes not so much from great wealth as from few wants.
- No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
- Inner peace begins when we stop saying of things, 'I have lost it' and instead say, 'It has been returned to where it came from.'…
- Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
- No great thing is created suddenly.
- So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have…
- Concerning the Gods, there are those who deny the very existence of the Godhead; others say that it exists, but neither bestirs nor concerns itself…
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