All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

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• Epictetus:

  Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

• Epictetus:

  You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

• Epictetus:

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

• Epictetus:

  If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

• Epictetus:

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

• Epictetus:

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

• Epictetus:

  It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

• Epictetus:

  Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

• Epictetus:

  If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.

• Epictetus:

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