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Libertarian Quotes by Epictetus
- There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
- We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
- If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
- To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse…
- It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
- It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
- If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
- Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
- The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
- Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
- Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is…
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