"Men are not worried by things, but by……" — Epictetus
"Men are not worried by things, but by their ideas about things. When we meet with difficulties, become anxious or troubled, let us not blame others, but rather ourselves. That is: our ideas about things."
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353 Quotes by Epictetus
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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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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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Seek not good from without; seek it within yourselves, or you will never find it.
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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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