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"We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope."
10+ Quotes by Epictetus
A curated collection of 10 inspirational quotes by Epictetus on life, wisdom, and the human experience.
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"A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope."
— Epictetus
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"Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope."
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"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
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"Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public."
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"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things."
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"Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant."
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"If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it."
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"If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it."
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"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."