Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself. ― Epictetus

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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.

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I was too worried about the grades and I should have been more worried about learning.

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We three have never been very good chemists but we are gratified with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The Peter Principle says that everyone is promoted until they reach their level of incompetence. We are worried that we may have reached this remarkable point. - Jacques Dubochet

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

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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at. ― Epictetus

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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows. ― Epictetus

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Surely it is time for Jews, worried over the huge growth of Arabs in Israel, to consider finishing the exchange of populations that began 35 years ago. - Meir Kahane

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Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others. ― Epictetus

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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him. ― Epictetus

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