Epictetus: Book Of Quotes (100+ Selected Quotes)

EPICTETUS: BOOK OF QUOTES

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ABOUT EPICTETUS
Epictetus (c. 50 ¿ c. 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his Discourses and Enchiridion.

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QUOTES SAMPLES

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

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

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"Only the educated are free.¿

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

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"No man is free who is not master of himself.¿

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

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"Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.¿

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