Epictetus Quotes About Appearance

Quotes about: Appearance

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  Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Beauty, Fashion

  Epictetus (1758). “All the Works of Epictetus: Which are Now Extant; Consisting of His Discourses, Preserved by Arrian, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.227

• Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence.

  Epictetus

  People, Giving, Purpose

• Appearances to the mind are of four kinds. Things either are what they appear to be; or they neither are, nor appear to be; or they are, and do not appear to be; or they are not, and yet appear to be. Rightly to aim in all these cases is the wise man's task.

  Epictetus

  Wise, Men, Mind

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.76

• From now on practice saying to everything that appears unpleasant: You are merely an appearance and NOT what you appear to be.

  Epictetus

  Wisdom, Fun, Practice

• Ask yourself: Does this appearance (of events) concern the things that are within my own control or those that are not? If it concerns anything outside your control, train yourself not to worry about it.

  Epictetus

  Life, Worry, Events

• Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?

  Epictetus

  Men, Good Man, Doe

  Epictetus “The Golden Sayings of Epictetus”, Lulu.com

• If your heart is quite set upon a crown, make and put on one of roses, for it will make the prettier appearance.

  Epictetus

  Heart, Rose, Crowns

  Epictetus (1807). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, Preserved by Arrian ; The Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.95

• Against specious appearances we must set clear convictions, bright and ready for use. When death appears as an evil, we ought immediately to remember that evils are things to be avoided, but death is inevitable.

  Epictetus

  Death, Evil, Use

  Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.77

• The appearance of things to the mind is the standard of every action to man.

  Epictetus

  Men, Mind, Action

  Epictetus (1807). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, Preserved by Arrian ; The Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.128

• You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

  Epictetus

  Appearance

  Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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