Epictetus Quotes

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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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MotivationalBestPeopleKeyYou

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

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CommunicationSpeakMouthListenTwo

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

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SilenceSpeakYouKeepMustOnly

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

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WisdomYouReactMattersHappens

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

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GreatFinanceWealthPossessionsFew

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

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LifeHopeShipBrainyAnchorOur

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

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StupidThoughtYouWantImprove

First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.

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CommunicationSpeakLearnMeaning

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

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PeopleBrainyViewThingsTakeThem

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

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PersonDifficultiesThingsShow

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

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ReputationGloryMoreGainStorms

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

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LifeHopeSmallRestShipAnchor

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