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Epictetus Quotes

«Only the educated are free.»
Author: Epictetus | About: Education | Keywords: educated, educates, free
«If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: correct, laugh at, spoken, True Lies
«When you have shut your doors, and darkened your room, remember, never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone, but God is within, and your genius is within»
«The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.»
«When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.»
Author: Epictetus | About: Anger | Keywords: failings, fault, offended, offending, offends, study, turn to
«Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: difficulties, show
«To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.»
«Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.»
«No great thing is created suddenly.»
Author: Epictetus | About: Creativity | Keywords: created, suddenly
«You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: around, a little, carrying, corpse

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