Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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Nothing great 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.Epictetus
A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
Epictetus
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....
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If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.
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If you would be good, first believe you are bad.
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Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.
Epictetus
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