“Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.”
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Epictetus (c. 55 – 135 AD) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia (present day Pamukkale, Turkey) and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece for the rest of his life. His teachings were written down and published by his pupil Arrian in his *Discourses* and *Enchiridion*. **Source**: [Epictetus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epictetus) on Wikipedia.
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“Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.”
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
“We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.”
“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
“Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.”
“Silence is safer than speech.”
“If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.”