First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
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Identity and action belong together. Clarity of aim is meant to become conduct, not ornament.
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Epictetus structures change in two movements: definition and discipline. Vision without practice remains wishful, while practice without vision becomes aimless routine.
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The line remains practical because it refuses both confusion and theatrics.
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