Epictetus
Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known -the word epiktetos in Greek simply means "acquired."
Found 46 thoughts of Epictetus
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free
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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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A child understands fear and the hurt and hate it brings.
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No great thing is created suddenly.
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Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
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I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs...
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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.
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Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
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Nature has given men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak.
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Men are disturbed not by things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.
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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
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All philosophy lies in two words: Sustain and Abstain
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