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Epictetus
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Only the educated are free.
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Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."
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First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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Only the educated are free.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.
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Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? "What sinews are those?" -- A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.
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We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them.
~ Epictetus Quotes from The Enchiridion
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What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.
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Your master is he who controls that on which you have set your heart or wish to avoid.
