"It is not he who reviles or strikes……" — Epictetus
"It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting."
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353 Quotes by Epictetus
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Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people…
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
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A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and…
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Freedom is secured not by the fulfillment of one's desires, but by the removal of desire.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
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To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God
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Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price…
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Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
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Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not…
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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day.
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What is it to be a philosopher? Is it not to be prepared against events?
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More Insult Quotes
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When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride…
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Wit is educated insolence.
— Aristotle
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I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film.…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
— Isaac Asimov
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule,…
— Rowan Atkinson
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Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the…
— Margaret Atwood
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I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and…
— Stephen Baldwin
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Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.
— Edward Abbey
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If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
— Johannes Brahms
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You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
— Rita Mae Brown
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There are about 15 million Muslims in the EU. They face ignorance, insult and even persecution. They cannot be wished…
— James Buchan
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I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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