Epictetus Quotes About Evil
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Two principles we should always have ready — that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.
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Why, do you not know, then, that the origin of all human evils, and of baseness, and cowardice, is not death, but rather the fear of death?
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There is nothing good or evil save in the will.
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If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
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Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to.
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Fortune is an evil chain to the body, and vice to the soul.
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The cause of all human evils is the not being able to apply general principles to special cases.
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Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
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The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.
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Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately to remember that evils are things to be avoided, but death is inevitable.
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Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring decisions.
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