If a man is
If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy. Epictetus
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If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy. Epictetus
We are not to lead events, but to follow them. Epictetus
A soul which is conversant with virtue is like an ever flowing source, for it is pure and tranquil and potable and sweet and communicative (social) and rich and harmless and free from mischief. Epictetus
If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and if you shall seem to someone to be a person of importance, distrust yourself. Epictetus
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? Epictetus
Things true and evident must of necessity be recognized by those who would contradict them. Epictetus
If you wish to write, write. Epictetus
O slavish man! will you not bear with your own brother, who has God for his Father, as being a son from the same stock, and of the same high descent? But if you chance to be placed in some superior station, will you presently set yourself up for a tyrant? Epictetus
To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported. Epictetus
What disturbs people’s minds are not events but their judgments on events. Epictetus