No man is free who is not master of himself. ― 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

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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. ― Epictetus

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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. ― Epictetus

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

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

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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. ― Epictetus

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

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

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