When a youth was giving himself airs in the Theatre and saying, "I am wise, for I have conversed with many wise men," Epictetus replied, "I too have conversed with many rich men, yet I am not rich!"
—Epictetus
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Post #3217
Perseverance, self-reliance, energetic effort, are doubly strengthened when you rise to battle again.
—Anonymous
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Post #3216
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
—Albert Einstein
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Post #3214
If a man would pursue Philosophy, his first task is to throw away conceit. For it is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he has a conceit that he already knows.
—Epictetus
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Post #3211
For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech to stir men's blood. I only speak right on.
—William Shakespeare
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Post #3210
Men exist for the sake of one another. Teach them then or bear with them.
—Marcus Aurelius
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Post #3208
He that hath no musical instruction is a child in Music; he that hath no letters is a child in Learning; he that is untaught is a child in Life.
—Epictetus
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Post #3206
Oh if a man tried
To take his time on Earth
And prove before he died
What one man's life could be worth
I wonder what would happen
to this world.
—Harry Chapin
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