The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

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"Friend, thou hast forgotten thine intention

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

If is shameful for a Judge to be judged by others.

If you choose, you are free; if you choose, you need blame no man—accuse no man. All things will be at once according to your mind and according to the Mind of God

Yet what faculties and powers you possess for attaining courage and greatness of heart, I can easily show you; what you have for upbraiding and accusation, it is for you to show me

the body which we share with the animals, and the Reason and Thought which we share with the Gods,

Since then this I could not do, I have given thee a portion of Myself, in the power of desiring and declining and of pursuing and avoiding

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight.

To a good man there is no evil, either in life or death.