To be getting an education means this: to be learning what is your own, and what is not your own.
EpictetusDon't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.
EpictetusOpportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of success. It sharpens a person's wits, if that person will let it, enabling him or her to see more clearly and evaluate situations with a more knowledgeable judgment.
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