"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
-Epictetus
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"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."
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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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"Only the educated are free."
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"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."
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"It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death."
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