What upsets people is not things themselves but their judge… - Epictetus

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What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgements about these things.

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Epictetus (c. 55 – c. 135 AD), born a slave, was a Greek Stoic philosopher. His words were recorded by his student Arrian in the Discourses and Enchiridion written in the early 2nd-century.

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Native Name: ΕΠΙΚΤΗΤΟΣ

Alternative Names: Epictetus of Hierapolis • Epiktetos

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Remind thyself that he whom thou lovest is mortal that what
thou lovest is not thine own; it is given thee for the present, not
irrevocably nor for ever, but even as a fig or a bunch of grapes at
the appointed season of the year

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well.

What upsets people is not things themselves but their judgements about these things. - Epictetus

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