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Wisdom Quotes by Epictetus
- Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no…
- He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
- He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
- It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
- It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.
- The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
- 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…
- We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.
More Wisdom Quotes
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- Wisdom is knowing that if you bend, you don't have to break. Sometimes it is necessary to go with the flow of… — Frederick Lenz
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
- The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love. — Paulo Coelho