If you would be a reader, read if a writer, write.
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Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to the will, unless the will consent. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to the will. Say this to yourself at each event that happens, for you shall find that though it hinders something else it will not hinder you....Epictetus
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he Already knows.
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He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.
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The materials are indifferent, but the use we make of them is not a matter of indifference.
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Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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