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Letter "E" » Epictetus Quotes
«Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.»
Author: Epictetus
«Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.»
«Nothing is in reality either pleasant or unpleasant by nature; but all things become so through habit»
«A thing either is what it appears to be; or it is not, but yet appears to be; or it is, but does not appear to be; or it is not, and does not appear to be.»
«Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.»
«The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.»
Author: Epictetus
«The materials of action are variable, but the use we make of them should be constant»
«A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.»
«Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?»
«God hath entrusted me with myself.»
Author: Epictetus
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