No man is free who is not master of himself.
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If you would be good, first believe you are bad.
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If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a philosopher arisen among us or How came you by that brow of scorn But do you cherish no scorn, but hold to those things which seem to you the best, as one set by God in that place. Remember too, that if you abide in those ways, those who first mocked you, the same shall afterwards reverence you but if you yield to them, you will be laughed at twice as much as before.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
Epictetus
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.
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