Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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EpictetusDiscourses, Book III
About Epictetus
Former slave turned Stoic teacher whose lessons were recorded in the Discourses. (c. 50-135)
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- Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.Enchiridion 5
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- Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.Discourses, Book I
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