“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: wisdom
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The key is to keep company only
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: motivational
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We are not to give credit to
“We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: alone
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Make the best use of what is
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: best
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Freedom is not procured by a full
“Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: freedom
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model
“Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: imagination
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Is freedom anything else than the right
“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: freedom
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Neither should a ship rely on one
“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: hope
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Only the educated are free.
“Only the educated are free.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: motivational
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We should not moor a ship with
“We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: hope
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Be careful to leave your sons well
“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.”
— Epictetus
Author: Epictetus
Category: hope
Tags: hope, Epictetus