If you set your heart upon philosophy, you must straightway prepare yourself to be laughed at and mocked by many who will say Behold a philosopher arisen among us! or How came you by that brow of scorn? But do you cherish no scorn, but hold to those things which seem to you the best, as one set by God in that place. Remember too, that if you abide in those ways, those who first mocked you, the same shall afterwards reverence you; but if you yield to them, you will be laughed at twice as much as before.
EpictetusDonโt consent to be hurt and you wonโt be hurt โ this is a choice over which you have control
EpictetusIt is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, than to live with a troubled spirit, amid abundance
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