Author: Epictetus

Quotes

Only the educated are free.

Only the educated are free.

- Epictetus

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

- Epictetus

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

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

- Epictetus

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

- Epictetus

If you wish to be a writer, write.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

- Epictetus

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

- Epictetus

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

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

- Epictetus

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

- Epictetus

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

- Epictetus

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