If you win the adoration of others by pretending to be some… - Epictetus

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If you win the adoration of others by pretending to be someone you’re not, you may gain celebrity or high office — but you will lose out on the fulfillment of a life best-suited to your attributes and abilities.

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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Make a bad beginning and you’ll contend with troubles ever after.

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There are things that are within our power, and things that fall outside our power. Within our power are our own opinions, aims, desires, dislikes — in sum, our own thoughts and actions.

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