It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?Epictetus
Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
Epictetus
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
Epictetus
Where to do think he got that high brow.
Epictetus
He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
Epictetus
Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves people of much wisdom, to no one.
Epictetus
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