Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, 'I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men,' Epictetus replied, 'I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!’.
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If you wish to live a life free from sorrow, think of what is going to happen as if it had already happened.
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He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.
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Ask not that events should happen as you will, but let your will be that events should happen as they do, and you shall have peace.
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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
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