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Men Quotes by Epictetus
- I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.
- Men are not troubled by things themselves, but by their thoughts about them
- When a man is proud because he can understand and explain the writings of Chrysippus, say to yourself, 'if Chrysippus had not written obscurely, this…
- All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.
- A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.
- When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they do…
- Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men.
- It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun…
- As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.
- Try to enjoy the great festival of life with other men!
- Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier,…
- In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate…
- Remember that you are an actor in a play, and that the Playwright chooses the manner of it: If he wants you to act a…
- No man is able to make progress when he is wavering between opposite things.
- No man is disturbed by things, but by his opinion about things.
- To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.
- Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
- God has made all men to be happy.
- There are some faults which men readily admit, but others not so readily.
- If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you will blame both…
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