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Best Philosophical Quotes by Epictetus
- One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
- Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
- We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
- The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
- Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
- He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
- There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
More Philosophical Quotes
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- 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