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Epictetus

  • Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope... Epictetus {view}
  • In order to please others, we loose our hold on our lifes purpose.... Epictetus {view}
  • He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.... Epictetus {view}
  • Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything.... Epictetus {view}
  • Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as much as we speak... Epictetus {view}
  • Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them... Epictetus {view}
  • Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak... Epictetus {view}
  • Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature; but all things become so through habit... Epictetus {view}