Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferio… - Epictetus

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Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people’s weakness.

If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

Epictetus

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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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Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don’t choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest.

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