More Epictetus Quotes

1. A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it ...
   
2. A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery ...
   
3. A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing ...
   
4. All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abst ...
   
5. All religions must be tolerated... for every man m ...
   
6. Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to dem ...
   
7. Appear to know only this,--never to fail nor fall. ...
   
8. Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rath ...
   
9. Bear in mind that you should conduct yourself in l ...
   
10. Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on ...
    
11. Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death h ...
    
12. Difficulties are things that show what men are. ...
    
13. Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you ha ...
    
14. Everything has two handles,--one by which it may b ...
    
15. First learn the meaning of what you say, and then ...
    
16. First say to yourself what you would be and then d ...
    
17. Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of wha ...
    
18. He is a wise man who does not grieve for the thing ...
    
19. He who is calm disturbs neither himself nor others ...
    
20. If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not fe ...
    
21. If you want to improve, be content to be thought f ...
    
22. If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yo ...
    
23. In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is d ...
    
24. In every affair consider what precedes and what fo ...
    
25. It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks ...
    
26. It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, ...
    
27. It is possible to provide security against other i ...
    
28. It is the action of an uninstructed person to repr ...
    
29. Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon ...
    
30. Know, first, who you are and then adorn yourself a ...
    
31. Make the best use of what is in your power, and ta ...
    
32. Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning ...
    
33. No great thing is created suddenly, any more than ...
    
34. No man is free who is not master of himself. ...
    
35. Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us ...
    
36. Only the educated are free. ...
    
37. Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living ha ...
    
38. Practise yourself, for heaven's sake, in little th ...
    
39. Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat ...
    
40. Reason is not measured by size or height, but by p ...
    
41. Seek not that the things which happen should happe ...
    
42. Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ...
    
43. Tell me where I can escape death: discover for me ...
    
44. The essence of philosophy is that a man should so ...
    
45. The good or ill of a man lies within his own will. ...
    
46. The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmount ...
    
47. The man least dependent upon the morrow goes to me ...
    
48. The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wi ...
    
49. There are some things which men confess with ease, ...
    
50. There is only one way to happiness and that is to ...
    
51. To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupporta ...
    
52. We do not so much need the help of our friends as ...
    
53. We have two ears and one mouth so that we can list ...
    
54. We must not believe the many, who say that only fr ...
    
55. Were I a nightingale, I would act the part of a ni ...
    
56. What is the first business of one who practices ph ...
    
57. When you close your doors, and make darkness withi ...
    
58. Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not ...