Quotes by Epictetus

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of th >>

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of educat >>

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Quotations about Sports

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People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports t >>

Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death >>

So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend? And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be! But first mark the conditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will; in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.

Epictetus