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Philosophical Quotes by Epictetus
- 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…
- Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
- First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
- Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
- First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
- It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
- If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
- Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
- If you wish to be a writer, write.
- Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
- Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
- It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
- It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
- Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
- If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
- Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
- No great thing is created suddenly.
- You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
- If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
- No man is free who is not master of himself.
- Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
- We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
- Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
- The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle