"No man is free who is not master of himself" — Epictetus

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Discourses, Book II, 1

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Discourses by Epictetus

A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.

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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.

Fragments

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.

Enchiridion