Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.
Tag: Epictetus
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
It is the action of an uninstructed person to reproach others for his own misfortune; of one entering instruction, to reproach himself; and one perfectly instructed, to reproach neither others nor himself.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on thee.