As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so… - Epictetus

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As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new.

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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Let go of the past. We must only begin.

If you wish to become proficient in the art of living with wisdom, do you think that you can eat and drink to excess?

Why, then, do we wonder any longer that, although in material things we are thoroughly experienced, nevertheless in our actions we are dejected, unseemly, worthless, cowardly, unwilling to stand the strain, utter failures one and all?

As a man, casting off worn out garments taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, entereth into ones that are new. - Epictetus

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