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A Greek Stoic philosopher. Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey), and lived in Rome until banishment when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece where he lived the rest of his life. His teachings were noted down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses. Philosophy, he taught, is a way of life and not just a theoretical discipline. To Epictetus, all external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately. Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions, which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline.
Here are some famous quotes by Epictetus.
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Bear and forbear.
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Only the educated are free.
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God has entrusted me with myself.
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No great thing is created suddenly.
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Ruin and recovery are both from within.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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Difficulties are things that show what men are.
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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If you would be a reader read; if a writer write.
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All philosophy in two words - sustain and abstain.
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First learn the meaning of what you say and then speak.
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Practice yourself in little things and thence proceed to greater.
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Men are not influenced by things but by their thoughts about things.
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First say to yourself what you would be and then do what you have to do.
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We are not troubled by things but by the opinion which we have of things.
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He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
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It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded but the fear of pain or death.
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Practice yourself for heaven's sake in little things; and thence proceed to greater.
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He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not but rejoices in what he has.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but by controlling the desire.
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Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired but by controlling that desire.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you whose presence calls forth your best.
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It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
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Nature has given to men one tongue but two ears that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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On the occasion of every accident that befalls you ... inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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It is no easy thing for a principle to become a man's own unless each day he maintains it and works it out in his life.
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Imagine for yourself a character a model personality whose example you determine to follow in private as well as in public.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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Ask not that events should happen as you will but let your will be that events should happen as they do and you shall have peace.
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So when the crisis is upon you remember that God like a trainer of wrestlers has matched you with a tough and stalwart antagonist... that you may prove a victor at the Great Games.
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Here is the beginning of philosophy: a recognition of the conflicts between men a search for their cause a condemnation of mere opinion .. . and the discovery of a standard of judgement.
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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.
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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 you that there must be time. Let it first blossom then bear fruit then ripen.
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Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us no matter what we are doing? ... What do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you?... If you have anything better to be doing when you are so overtaken get to work on that.