"The two powers which in my opinion constitute……" — Epictetus
"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing."
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353 Quotes by Epictetus
Epictetus has 353 quotes on this site.
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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 Bearing Quotes
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
— Pietro Aretino
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
— Honore de Balzac
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First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of…
— Saint Basil
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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas…
— Gary Becker
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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
— Warren Buffett
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Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits…
— Buzz Aldrin
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I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century,…
— Christiane Amanpour
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
— Maya Angelou
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let…
— Yasser Arafat
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More than any other nation on Earth, America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants.…
— William J. Clinton
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In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. Bushido is…
— Nabeshima Naoshige
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