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Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

~ Epictetus

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One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

~ Epictetus

Desires Endeavor Excel Excellent Most Should Themselves Things Those

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Only the educated are free.

~ Epictetus

Educated Free Only

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

~ Epictetus

Disturbed People Take Them Things View

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

~ Epictetus

Greater Heaven Little Little Things Practice Proceed Sake Then Things Yourself

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Silence is safer than speech.

~ Epictetus

Safer Silence Speech Than

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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

~ Epictetus

Depend Essence External External Things Happiness His Little Live Man Philosophy Possible Shall Should Things

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The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

~ Epictetus

Difficulty Gain Glory Greater More Pilots Reputation Skillful Storms

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

~ Epictetus

Best Calls Company Forth Keep Key Only People Presence Uplift Who Whose You Your

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

~ Epictetus

Bearing Constitute In My Opinion Man Opinion Powers Those Two Which Wise Wise Man

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The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.

~ Epictetus

Any Aside Going He Knows Man Pass Turns Where Who World

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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.

~ Epictetus

Evil Good Nothing Save Will

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There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

~ Epictetus

About Beyond Cease Happiness One-Way Only Only One Way Our Power Things Way Which Will Worrying

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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.

~ Epictetus

Accuse Begun Complete Education Misfortunes Neither Nor Oneself Others Own Shows Sign Want

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

~ Epictetus

Always Our Place Religion Sacrificed Same Same Thing Thing Treasure Unless Will

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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 Credit Educated Free Give Many None Ought Philosophers Rather Say Well-Educated Who

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

~ Epictetus

Ears Listen Mouth Much Speak Twice Two

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

~ Epictetus

Anchor Hope Life Our Ship Should

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We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

~ Epictetus

Easy Immoral Lies Lying Show Tell

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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

~ Epictetus

Consists Few Great Having Possessions Wants Wealth

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