"Do not seek praise. Do your work as well as you can and praise will come of its own accord."
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Epictetus is one of the Stoic philosophers.
More quotes from Epictetus
- "Freedom is not wanting anything, fearing nothing."
- "Judge a person not by what they achieve, but by what they overcome."
- "If someone speaks ill of you, add a dose of kindness to your life."
- "It is not what happens to us, but how we react to what happens to us that matters."
- "He who is not content with little, is not content with anything."