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- If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all…
- Remember that you are but an actor, acting whatever part the Master has ordained. It may be short or it may be long. If he…
- What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.
- It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.
- Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long,…
- A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one…
- Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men, a search for their cause, a condemnation of mere opinion .. .…
- When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
- He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
- The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
- 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…
- Difficulty shows what men are.
- 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.
- Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
- 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…
- Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
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- 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
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle