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| Epictetus Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | It is not he who gives abuse that affronts, but the view that we take of it as insulting; so that when one provokes you it is your own opinion which is provoking. | Abuse |
| 2 | Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater. | Achievement |
| 3 | It is difficulties that show what men are. | Adversity |
| 4 | Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit. | Anger |
| 5 | If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write. | Books |
| 6 | Whatever you would make habitual, practice it; and if you would not make a thing habitual, do not practice it, but accustom yourself to something else. | Character |
| 7 | If any one speak ill of thee, consider whether he hath truth on his side; and if so, reform thyself, that his censures may not affect thee. | Criticism |
| 8 | Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too ea anything. | Death |
| 9 | To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education; to accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun; to accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. | Education |
| 10 | It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. | Education |
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