#Epictetus

Everything has two handles, the one by which it may be carried, the other by which it cannot. If your brother acts unjustly,...

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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

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First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.

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First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.

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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.

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Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to them. Thus,...

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First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do.

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You are a little soul, carrying around a corpse.

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Reason is not measured by size or height, but by principle.

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These reasonings are unconnected: ‘I am richer than you, therefore I am better’; 'I am more eloquent than you, therefore I

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We ought not to choose every pleasure, but that which tends to something good.

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For it is not death or pain that is to be feared, but the fear of pain or death.

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Examine yourself, whether you would rather be rich or happy; if rich, be assured that this is neither a good, nor altogether

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As it is better to lie straitened for room upon a little couch in health, than to toss upon a wide bed in sickness, so it

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