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Best Man Quotes by Epictetus
- No man is free who is not master of himself.
- The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
- The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
- Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
- Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a…
- You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various…
- Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems
- Asked, Who is the rich man? Epictetus replied, �He who is content.
- I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does…
- It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
- God has entrusted me with myself. No man is free who is not master of himself. A man should so live that his happiness shall…
- Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or…
- A guide, on finding a man who has lost his way, brings him back to the right path—he does not mock and jeer at him…
- Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
- In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for this own misdeeds.
- Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.
- The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.
- What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do the nightingale's part;…
- Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle