"It is not poverty that we consider bad, but our opinion about it."
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Epictetus is one of the Stoic philosophers.
More quotes from Epictetus
- "Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to respond."
- "If someone has hurt you, do not repay with pain, but with teaching."
- "Do not be led either by anger or by fear."
- "To begin is the most important part of any work."
- "Do not seek that events happen as you want, but want the events as they happen."