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Best Men Sayings by Epictetus
- If any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone. For God hath made all men to enjoy felicity…
- 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…
- When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied,…
- 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.
- It is difficulties that show what men are.
- Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
- 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;…
- Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
- Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them
- Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak
- Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be…
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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