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Quotes By Epictetus

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

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AloneFree Rather

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.

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Laugh

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

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GoodEvil Save

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

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FreedomWish

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

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Excellent Themselves

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

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ReligionTreasure Unless

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

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Angry Evil Present

The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

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Knows Pass Turns

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

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DeathFearPain

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

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GoodBegin Desire

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

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Control Passions Thy

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

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FreedomDesire Full

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

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Insulting Insults Opinion

No man is free who is not master of himself.

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Free Himself Master

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

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Impossible Knows Learn
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