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Human 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.
- A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
- The universe is but one great city, full of beloved ones, divine and human, by nature endeared to each other.
- Be careful whom you associate with. It is human to imitate the habits of those with whom we interact. We inadvertently adopt their interests, their…
- To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals,…
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