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Epictetus [55-135] Greek

Epictetus was a Greek-speaking Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia, and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in north-western Greece for the rest of his life.

Communication, Happiness, Hope, Best, Freedom, Great, Motivational, Power, Religion, Wisdom, Anger, Brainy, Death, Education, Fear, Finance, God, Good, Health, Imagination, Nature, Peace, Success, Time

Quote	Tags	Rank
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.	Communication	101
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.	Best, Motivational	102
It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.	Wisdom	103
Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.	Freedom	104
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.		105
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.	Happiness, Power	106
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.	Education	107
We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.		108
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.		109
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.		110
All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.	Religion	111
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.	Good, Health	112
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.		113
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.	Hope	114
Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.	Great, Time	115
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.		116
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.	Nature, Wisdom	117
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.		118
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.	Finance, Great	119
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.	Best, Power	120
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.		121
We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.	Brainy, Hope	122
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.		123
Only the educated are free.	Motivational	124
God has entrusted me with myself.	God	125
If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.	Happiness, Peace	126
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.	Imagination	201
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.	Death, Fear	202
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.	Success	203
Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.		204
Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.		205
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.	Hope	206
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.	Communication	207
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.		208
The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.		209
It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.		210
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.		211
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?		212
If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.		213
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.		214
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.		215
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.		216
No greater 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 you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.		217
You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.		218
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.		219
There is nothing good or evil save in the will.		220
Freedom is the right to live as we wish.	Freedom	221
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.	Happiness	222
No great thing is created suddenly.		223
All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.		224
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.		225
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.		226
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.		301
Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.	Religion	302
No man is free who is not master of himself.		303
If you wish to be a writer, write.	Communication	304
Silence is safer than speech.		305
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.		306
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.	Anger	307
Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.		308
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.		309
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.		310
If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.		311
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.		312
Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.		313

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