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    Aphorism Collection

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    This collection of aphorisms includes quotes from ancient Greek and Roman philosophers on topics such as freedom, education, death, transformation, difficulties, happiness, and doubt. Many of the quotes discuss controlling desires, finding freedom through education and managing one's perceptions, and accepting life's transformations with wisdom and virtue.

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    This collection of aphorisms includes quotes from ancient Greek and Roman philosophers on topics such as freedom, education, death, transformation, difficulties, happiness, and doubt. Many of the quotes discuss controlling desires, finding freedom through education and managing one's perceptions, and accepting life's transformations with wisdom and virtue.

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    This collection of aphorisms includes quotes from ancient Greek and Roman philosophers on topics such as freedom, education, death, transformation, difficulties, happiness, and doubt. Many of the quotes discuss controlling desires, finding freedom through education and managing one's perceptions, and accepting life's transformations with wisdom and virtue.

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    Aphorism Collection

    1. “Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by


    controlling the desire.” - Epictetus
    2. “Only the educated are free” - Epictetus
    3. “We are not troubled by things, but by the opinion which we have of things.”
    - Epictetus
    4. “All religions must be tolerated… for every man must get to heaven in his
    own way.” - Epictetus
    5. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and
    he’s not the same man.” - Heraclitus
    6. “Education is bitter, but the fruits are sweet.” - Aristotle
    7. “Death is nothing to us; for that which has been dissolved into its elements
    experiences no sensations, and that which has no sensation is nothing to us.” -
    Epicurus
    8. “The universe is transformation; our life is what our thoughts make it.” –
    Marcus Aurelius
    9. “Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.” - Epictetus
    10. “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about
    things, which are beyond the power of our will.” - Epictetus
    11. “Doubt is the beginning, not the end of wisdom."

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