Epictetus lived in the years c. 50 – c. 130 CE. Greco-Roman philosopher, stoic.
“Bear and forbear”
latin: [Sustine et abstine]
description: words attibuted to Epictetus, probably basing on Epictetus, Enchiridion
“If you wish to make progress, then be content to appear senseless and foolish in externals, do not make it your wish to give the appearance of knowing anything”
source: Epictetus, Enchiridion, 13
“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of things”
source: Epictetus, Enchiridion, 5
“Think more often of God than you breathe”
source: unknown
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak”
“Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope”
source: Epictetus, Enchiridion, 89
“We must not believe the many, who say that only free people ought to be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free”
source: Arrian, Discourses, 2
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters”
source: Epictetus, Enchiridion
“When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger”
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