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Epictetus Quotes

«If you wish to be a writer, write.»
Author: Epictetus
«One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: endeavor, excel
«Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.»
«I have a lantern. You steal my lantern. What, then, is your honour worth no more to you than the price of my lantern?»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: honour, lantern, lanterns
«There is nothing good or evil save in the will.»
Author: Epictetus
«The people have a right to the truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.»
«I am not eternity, but a man; a part of the whole, as an hour is of the day»
Author: Epictetus | About: Eternity
«Confident because of our caution»
Author: Epictetus | About: Confidence | Keywords: caution, cautioned, cautions, confident
«All philosophy lies in two words: Sustain and Abstain»
«Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.»
Author: Epictetus | Keywords: proceed

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