Epictetus Quotes

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
Epictetus

Wise, Two, Opinion

Do not laugh much or often or unrestrainedly.
Epictetus

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.
Epictetus

Drunk, Three, Though

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
Epictetus

Men, View, Disturbed

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

Wife, Lost, Child

No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus

Free, Himself, Master

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

Angry, Evil, Present

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.
Epictetus

Success, Training, Difficult

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.
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Yourself, Heaven, Practice

Silence is safer than speech.
Epictetus

Silence, Speech, Safer

There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
Epictetus

Good, Evil, Nothing

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

Religion, Same, Place

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.
Epictetus

Alone, Give, Free

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.
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Unhappy, Though, Wealth

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.
Epictetus

Yourself, May, Issue

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: 55

Died: 135

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