Epictetus

Silence is safer than speech. ↗

— Epictetus

#silence #speech #than

There is nothing good or evil save in the will. ↗

— Epictetus

#good #nothing #save #will

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

— Epictetus

#our #place #religion #sacrificed #same

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

#credit #educated #free #give #many

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world. ↗

— Epictetus

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You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. ↗

— Epictetus

#any #contest #depend #does #enter

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk. ↗

— Epictetus

#drunkard #glasses #more #takes #than

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

— Epictetus

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Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. ↗

— Epictetus

#be careful #better #careful #hopes #ignorant

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are. ↗

— Epictetus

#person #show #things