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Mean Quotes by Epictetus
- If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not…
- It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating,…
- To a longer and worse life, a shorter and better is by all means to be preferred.
- If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
- 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…
- Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
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- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
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