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Some of my favorite quotes

1 Comment Posted by nguyenhai on January 22, 2012

“If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.”

― Epictetus

“First say to yourself what you would be;
and then do what you have to do.”
― Epictetus

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.”
― Epictetus

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

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
― Epictetus

“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
― Epictetus