Hallo dear readers,
Today we will look at five quotes from Epictetus.
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"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
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
-Epictetus
"Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it."
-Epictetus
"Don't just say you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better, to be a more discriminating and reflective person. Books are the training weights of the mind. They are very helpful, but it would be a bad mistake to suppose that one has made progress simply by having internalized their contents."
-Epictetus
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid."
-Epictetus
Three facts about Epictetus:
-He was born a slave in the Roman Empire.
-After gaining his freedom, he became a famous Stoic philosopher and teacher.
-He never wrote anything himself—his student Arrian recorded his teachings.
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