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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
Epictetus
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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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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.
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No greater 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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When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
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No great thing is created suddenly.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
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It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.
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He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
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If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
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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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