I have a lantern. You steal my lantern. What, then, is your honour worth no more to you than the price of my lantern?


Epictetus

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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy ...
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Seek not good from without: seek it from within yourselves, or you will never find it
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right...
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Man, what are you talking about? Me in chains? You may fetter my leg but my will, not even Zeus hims...
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An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of ...
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Thus Epicurus also, when he designs to destroy the natural fellowship of mankind, at the same time m...
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason.
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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of t...
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If you wish to be a writer, write.
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
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Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.
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Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.
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You become what you give your attention to.
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Show me a man who though sick is happy, who though in danger is happy, who though in prison is happy...
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