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    Epictetus
    “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
    ― Epictetus
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    Epictetus
    “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
    tags: history, humility, philosophy
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    Aristotle
    “Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: anger
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    Aristotle
    “Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: choice, inspirational
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    Aristotle
    “Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: greek, mentors, philosophy, teachers
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    Aristotle
    “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: teaching, understanding
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    Seneca
    “True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
    ― Seneca
    tags: attitude, gratitude, happiness, inspirational-quotes, satisfaction
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    Seneca
    “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
    ― Seneca
    tags: inspirational
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    Seneca
    “Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars”
    ― Seneca
    tags: latin, philosophy, stars
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    Seneca
    “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
    ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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    Seneca
    “As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
    ― Seneca
    tags: inspirational
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    Seneca
    “If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.”
    ― Seneca the Younger
    tags: goals
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    Seneca
    “Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms -- you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.”
    ― Seneca
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    Seneca
    “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. ”
    ― Seneca
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    Epicurus
    “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
    ― Epicurus
    tags: desire, gratitude, hope
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    Epicurus
    “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
    Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
    Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
    Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
    ― Epicurus
    tags: atheism, religion
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    Epicurus
    “Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.”
    ― Epicurus
    tags: awful, death, inspirational, peace, philosophy, serenity, wisdom
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    Epicurus
    “It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”
    ― Epicurus
    tags: folly, self-reliance
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    Epicurus
    “The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.”
    ― Epicurus
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    Epicurus
    “If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.”
    ― Epicurus
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    Socrates
    “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”
    ― Socrates
    tags: knowledge, philosophy
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    Socrates
    “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
    ― Socrates
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    Socrates
    “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: philosophy
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    Socrates
    “Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: amazement, wisdom, wonder
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    Socrates
    “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: gossip
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    Socrates
    “To find yourself, think for yourself.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: independence, self-reliance
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    Socrates
    “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: education, enlightenment, learning, lifelong-learning, mentorship
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    Socrates
    “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: avarice, contentment, gluttony, greed
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    Socrates
    “If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”
    ― Socrates
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    Socrates
    “Let him who would move the world first move himself.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: change, self-determination, self-development
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