Philosophical Quotes
1598 Philosophical quotes by 584 unique authors
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
— Epictetus
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Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.
— Epictetus
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If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
— Epictetus
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
— Epictetus
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No great thing is created suddenly.
— Epictetus
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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
— Epictetus
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
— Epictetus
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
— Epictetus
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Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
— Epictetus
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We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.
— Epictetus
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Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
— Epictetus
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
— Epictetus
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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.
— Epictetus
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
— Epictetus
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We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.
— Epictetus
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The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
— Epictetus
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Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.
— Epictetus
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He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
— Epictetus
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
— Epictetus
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It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.
— Epicurus
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Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.
— Epicurus
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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.
— Epicurus
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If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
— Epicurus
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Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
— Epicurus
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The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
— Epicurus
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