If anyone tells you a person speaks ill of you, do not make excuse about what is said but answer, 'He was ignorant of my other faults else he would not have mentioned these alone.'
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Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.Epictetus
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
Epictetus
It is your own convictions which compels you that is, choice compels choice.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
Epictetus
If you wish to be a writer, write.
Epictetus
Lameness is an impediment to the body but not to the will.
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