Theme
Discipline
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- Epictetus A good person's material for work is their governing reason, as a physician works on bodies and a farmer on land.
- Epictetus A philosopher's school is a clinic, not a pleasure hall. We should leave it challenged, because we arrive unwell.
- Epictetus Ask yourself at first light: What do I lack for freedom from passion and for peace? What am I: merely body, owner, or…
- Epictetus Decide first what sort of person you intend to be; then do what follows from that decision. Athletes choose their…
- Epictetus Difficulties reveal character. When a trial meets you, think of it as a younger training partner sent by a coach.…
- Epictetus Do not cling so tightly to old companions that they pull you downward. Choose: remain as you were and be liked, or…
- Epictetus Eat, drink, dress, marry, raise children, take part in civic life, and bear difficult relatives and neighbors. Show by…
- Epictetus Endure a demanding winter of training; do not rush into work for which you have made no preparation.
- Epictetus Every capacity is strengthened by the actions that match it: walking by walking, running by running. Anger likewise…
- Epictetus Every strong capacity is risky for the beginner; use such powers only as you can, and in accord with nature.
- Epictetus For a time, do not advertise your philosophy. Let it grow like seed hidden in the soil until it is mature; fruit shown…
- Epictetus For remember that, if you adhere to the same point, those very persons who at first ridiculed will afterwards admire…
- Epictetus Habit has great force. Since we are accustomed to chasing and avoiding what lies beyond our choice, we must build the…
- Epictetus I do not call someone diligent merely because they stay up reading or writing. I must first know the aim of their…
- Epictetus I teach and you learn in my school. I seek to make you whole: unimpeded, free of compulsion, unashamed, flourishing,…
- Epictetus If you are defeated and say you will overcome, yet continue exactly as before, you will grow so weak that eventually…
- Epictetus If you are struck by the appearance of any promised pleasure, guard yourself against being hurried away by it; but let…
- Epictetus If you do not want to be quick-tempered, stop feeding the practice. Begin by staying calm and counting the days; as…
- Epictetus Life resembles a campaign: one person keeps watch, another scouts, another stands in the front line. Each life is a…
- Epictetus Never call yourself a philosopher, nor talk a great deal among the unlearned about theorems, but act conformably to…
- Epictetus Once standards are established, things can be tested against them. Philosophy examines and protects those standards;…
- Epictetus People who take in doctrines and immediately recite them resemble an ill stomach returning its food. Let teachings be…
- Epictetus Philosophers tell us not to stop at learning: add practice and training, or time will make us forget our lessons and…
- Epictetus Philosophy is preparation for whatever may come. One who has prepared to endure can say to each trial: this is what my…
- Epictetus Philosophy promises no outward possession; its material is our own life, as wood is the carpenter’s and bronze the…
- Epictetus Show me someone cheerful in illness, danger, death, exile, or disgrace. If not a complete Stoic, then show me one who…
- Epictetus Socrates said: as one person enjoys tending a field and another training a horse, I enjoy improving myself each day.
- Epictetus The true athlete trains against misleading impressions. Stand firm under pressure; do not let appearances carry you…
- Epictetus There are three fields in which the person seeking wisdom and goodness must train. First are desire and aversion, so…
- Epictetus These paths cannot be combined. Be one person: devote yourself either to sound judgment or to externals; guard the…
- Epictetus We do not give up our efforts merely because perfect mastery is beyond us.
- Epictetus What aid is there against a habit? Practice its opposite.
- Epictetus Whatever moral rules you have deliberately proposed to yourself. abide by them as they were laws, and as if you would…
- Epictetus When a child grips too many sweets in a narrow jar, the fist cannot come out and the child cries. Let go of a few, and…
- Epictetus When attention slips, do not assume you can recover it at will. Though error is unavoidable, keep striving not to let…
- Epictetus When pleasure presents itself, do not be swept away. Delay your response. Consider both the enjoyment now and the…
- Epictetus You must conform to rules, submit to a diet, refrain from dainties; exercise your body, whether you choose it or not,…
- Epictetus You would rage if a stranger handed your body to another; yet you give your mind to every passerby to trouble and…
- Marcus Aurelius A very ridiculous thing it is, that any man should dispense with vice and wickedness in himself, which is in his power…
- Marcus Aurelius Again, how he was no backbiter, nor easily frightened, nor suspicious, and in his language free from all affectation…
- Marcus Aurelius As for the use of thy dogmata, thou must carry thyself in the practice of them, rather like unto a pancratiastes, or…
- Marcus Aurelius As one who is altogether governed by nature, let it be thy care to observe what it is that thy nature in general doth…
- Marcus Aurelius As they that long after figs in winter when they cannot be had; so are they that long after children, before they be…
- Marcus Aurelius At every moment keep your mind firmly on the work before you, as a human being, doing it with plain dignity, care,…
- Marcus Aurelius Attend to what lies before you: the principle involved, the work required, or the impression being presented.
- Marcus Aurelius Be it all one unto thee, whether half frozen or well warm; whether only slumbering, or after a full sleep; whether…
- Marcus Aurelius Be it so: yet there be many other good things, for the want of which thou canst not plead the want or natural ability.…
- Marcus Aurelius Be not deceived; for thou shalt never live to read thy moral commentaries, nor the acts of the famous Romans and…
- Marcus Aurelius Build your life deed by deed, satisfied when each reaches its proper end. If an outward obstacle appears, it cannot…
- Marcus Aurelius Contract thy whole life to the measure and proportion of one single action. And if in every particular action thou…
- Marcus Aurelius Do not delay in action, muddle speech, scatter thought, make your soul either passive or hostile, or fill life…
- Marcus Aurelius Do not evade the work your role requires, whether cold or tired, praised or insulted, dying or distracted. Even death…
- Marcus Aurelius Do not ever conceive anything impossible to man, which by thee cannot, or not without much difficulty be effected; but…
- Marcus Aurelius Do not let the whole course of your life overwhelm you. Stay with the present hardship and ask why it is truly…
- Marcus Aurelius Do nothing grudgingly or selfishly; avoid needless display, excess speech, and dependence on another's support.
- Marcus Aurelius Do what nature asks of you now, if it lies in your power. Do not wait to be noticed or for an ideal commonwealth;…
- Marcus Aurelius Dost thou not see, how even those that profess mechanic arts, though in some respect they be no better than mere…
- Marcus Aurelius Enough of this wretched complaining. Stop idling. What troubles you? Look at the cause or at the matter itself. As for…
- Marcus Aurelius Even if you lived for ages beyond counting, you lose only the life now being lived. The present is equal for all, and…
- Marcus Aurelius For all these things, if once though but for a while, they begin to please, they presently prevail, and pervert a…
- Marcus Aurelius From Rusticus I learned to read with care, not to rest satisfied with a broad, shallow grasp, and not to agree too…
- Marcus Aurelius Hast thou reason? I have. Why then makest thou not use of it? For if thy reason do her part, what more canst thou…
- Marcus Aurelius He that sinneth, sinneth unto himself. He that is unjust, hurts himself, in that he makes himself worse than he was…
- Marcus Aurelius Honour that which is chiefest and most powerful in the world, and that is it, which makes use of all things, and…
- Marcus Aurelius How corrupt to announce, “I will speak frankly.” Your sincerity should need no notice; it should be visible in your…
- Marcus Aurelius How does your ruling mind govern itself? Everything else, whether chosen or not, is merely smoke and a lifeless thing…
- Marcus Aurelius if any should put this question unto thee, how this word Antoninus is written, wouldst thou not presently fix thine…
- Marcus Aurelius If asked to spell your name, you would give the letters calmly, even if the questioner became angry. So remember that…
- Marcus Aurelius If once round and solid, there is no fear that ever it will change.
- Marcus Aurelius If people do not marvel at your intelligence, let it be. You possess many qualities no birth can deny: honesty,…
- Marcus Aurelius If thou shalt intend that which is present, following the rule of right and reason carefully, solidly, meekly, and…
- Marcus Aurelius In matter of writing or reading thou must needs be taught before thou can do either: much more in matter of life. 'For…
- Marcus Aurelius In the whole constitution of man, I see not any virtue contrary to justice, whereby it may be resisted and opposed.…
- Marcus Aurelius Is it not for that respect especially, that pleasure itself is to so many men's hurt and overthrow, most prevalent,…
- Marcus Aurelius It is all one to see these things for a hundred of years together or but for three years.
- Marcus Aurelius It is common to all trades and professions to mind and intend that only, which now they are about, and the instrument…
- Marcus Aurelius It is high time for thee, to understand that there is somewhat in thee, better and more divine than either thy…
- Marcus Aurelius It is shameful when the spirit gives up before the body does.
- Marcus Aurelius Keep thyself therefore, truly simple, good, sincere, grave, free from all ostentation, a lover of that which is just,…
- Marcus Aurelius Know at last that within you is something stronger and more divine than the forces that stir bodily passions and tug…
- Marcus Aurelius Let him look to that. He is master of his own disposition, and of his own operation. I for my part am in the meantime…
- Marcus Aurelius Let it be thy earnest and incessant care as a Roman and a man to perform whatsoever it is that thou art about, with…
- Marcus Aurelius Let nothing be done rashly, and at random, but all things according to the most exact and perfect rules of art.
- Marcus Aurelius Let these things suffice thee; let them be always unto thee, as thy general rules and precepts. As for thy thirst…
- Marcus Aurelius Living resembles wrestling more than dancing, for it demands readiness to meet and withstand sudden, unforeseen attacks.
- Marcus Aurelius Love the modest craft you have learned and find rest in it. Entrust the rest to the gods, making yourself neither…
- Marcus Aurelius Make it not any longer a matter of dispute or discourse, what are the signs and proprieties of a good man, but really…
- Marcus Aurelius Most justly have these things happened unto thee: why dost not thou amend? O but thou hadst rather become good…
- Marcus Aurelius Nature hath of that also, as well as of eating and drinking, allowed thee a certain stint. But thou guest beyond thy…
- Marcus Aurelius Not to be slack and negligent; or loose, and wanton in thy actions; nor contentious, and troublesome in thy…
- Marcus Aurelius Now much time and leisure doth he gain, who is not curious to know what his neighbour hath said, or hath done, or hath…
- Marcus Aurelius Of him also, to observe a constant tenor, (not interrupted, with any other cares and distractions,) in the study and…
- Marcus Aurelius Or if thou do, return unto them again with all possible speed. And remember, that the word ἔμφρων notes unto thee an…
- Marcus Aurelius Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how often a certain day and hour as it were, having been…
- Marcus Aurelius Repentance is an inward and self-reprehension for the neglect or omission of somewhat that was profitable. Now…
- Marcus Aurelius Sayest thou unto that rational part, Thou art dead; corruption hath taken hold on thee? Doth it then also void…
- Marcus Aurelius Spectacle, strife, fright, dullness, and servility destroy our principles whenever the mind receives them without…
- Marcus Aurelius Stop complaining about public burdens—even in private, even to yourself.
- Marcus Aurelius Stop drifting. You may never read your notes or cherished books later. Pursue life’s purpose, abandon empty hopes, and…
- Marcus Aurelius Straight of itself, not made straight.
- Marcus Aurelius Such as thy thoughts and ordinary cogitations are, such will thy mind be in time. For the soul doth as it were receive…
- Marcus Aurelius Tell yourself: you are no longer to be ruled like a slave by every urge. Do not be jerked about by each impulse; stop…
- Marcus Aurelius The completed character spends each day as a last one: without frenzy, idleness, or pretense.
- Marcus Aurelius The motion of the mind is not as the motion of a dart. For the mind when it is wary and cautelous, and by way of…
- Marcus Aurelius The natural properties, and privileges of a reasonable soul are: That she seeth herself; that she can order, and…
- Marcus Aurelius The Pythagoreans were wont betimes in the morning the first thing they did, to look up unto the heavens, to put…
- Marcus Aurelius The rational soul knows itself, examines itself, and chooses itself; it gathers the fruit of its own purpose.
- Marcus Aurelius The second is, that he yield not to any lusts and motions of the flesh. For it is the part and privilege of the…
- Marcus Aurelius The soul is shaped by the thoughts it repeatedly entertains, since such ideas give it its color.
- Marcus Aurelius There is, who without so much as a coat; and there is, who without so much as a book, doth put philosophy in practice.…
- Marcus Aurelius They will say commonly, Meddle not with many things, if thou wilt live cheerfully. Certainly there is nothing better,…
- Marcus Aurelius Thou hast no time nor opportunity to read. What then? Hast thou not time and opportunity to exercise thyself, not to…
- Marcus Aurelius Thou mayest always speed, if thou wilt but make choice of the right way; if in the course both of thine opinions and…
- Marcus Aurelius Thou must hasten therefore; not only because thou art every day nearer unto death than other, but also because that…
- Marcus Aurelius Thou must use thyself also to keep thy body fixed and steady; free from all loose fluctuant either motion, or posture.…
- Marcus Aurelius To be capable of fancies and imaginations, is common to man and beast. To be violently drawn and moved by the lusts…
- Marcus Aurelius To be cheerful, and to stand in no need, either of other men's help or attendance, or of that rest and tranquillity,…
- Marcus Aurelius To go on straight, whither right and reason directed him, and by so doing to follow God, was the only thing that he…
- Marcus Aurelius Toys and fooleries at home, wars abroad: sometimes terror, sometimes torpor, or stupid sloth: this is thy daily…
- Marcus Aurelius Use thyself; as often, as thou seest any man do anything, presently (if it be possible) to say unto thyself, What is…
- Marcus Aurelius Use thyself even unto those things that thou doest at first despair of. For the left hand we see, which for the most…
- Marcus Aurelius Use thyself when any man speaks unto thee, so to hearken unto him, as that in the interim thou give not way to any…
- Marcus Aurelius Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, thou must be good; not for any man's sake, but for thine own nature's sake;…
- Marcus Aurelius When circumstances throw you into confusion, recover yourself quickly. Do not remain out of rhythm longer than needed;…
- Marcus Aurelius When getting up is difficult, remember that nature made you to work with others. Even animals share sleep; our proper…
- Marcus Aurelius When rising feels hard, remember: I am getting up for a human being’s work. Was I made merely to lie warm, or to act…
- Marcus Aurelius When something seems hard for you, do not judge it impossible. What is possible and fitting for another person is…
- Marcus Aurelius When thou art hard to be stirred up and awaked out of thy sleep, admonish thyself and call to mind, that, to perform…
- Marcus Aurelius Whensoever by some present hard occurrences thou art constrained to be in some sort troubled and vexed, return unto…
- Marcus Aurelius Word after word, every one by itself, must the things that are spoken be conceived and understood; and so the things…
- Marcus Aurelius You can humble your pride, master pleasure and pain, set ambition aside, and meet foolish, thankless people without…
- Marcus Aurelius You have suffered greatly because you would not let your ruling mind perform the work for which it was made. Enough.
- Marcus Aurelius You receive what you choose: instead of being good today, you decide to put goodness off until tomorrow.
- Marcus Aurelius You say fortune once met you everywhere. Yet fortunate people create their own fortune through a well-ordered soul,…
- Marcus Aurelius Your guiding principles cannot be put out unless you extinguish the thoughts that sustain them, for new thoughts are…
- Marcus Aurelius Your ruling mind is unconquerable when it relies on itself and refuses what it judges contrary to its will. With…
- Musonius Rufus I would rather be ill than live in luxury: illness harms the body, but luxury weakens body and soul, breeding greed,…
- Musonius Rufus In most matters we respond to circumstances not from sound principles but from miserable habit. Since this is so, the…
- Musonius Rufus Philosophy is not a matter of appearance; it is attentiveness to what matters and faithful care for it.
- Musonius Rufus When asked whether virtue comes better through teaching or habit—teaching being sound principles and habit being…
- Seneca A life without an aim wanders. Once an aim is set, principles are required; otherwise conduct becomes hesitant,…
- Seneca Accustom yourself to meals without display, fewer attendants, clothing for use, and a humbler home.
- Seneca All our senses should be educated into strength: they are naturally able to endure much, provided that the spirit…
- Seneca Anger, then, must never become a habit with us, but we may sometimes affect to be angry when we wish to rouse up the…
- Seneca Are you not embarrassed to give wisdom only the scraps of life that business has not consumed?
- Seneca Be assured that the same rule applies both to public and private life: simple and manageable undertakings proceed…
- Seneca Be assured, when you see the Forum crowded with a multitude, 83the Saepta swarming with people, or the great Circus,…
- Seneca Believe me: it is better to keep accounts of your own life than of the grain market.
- Seneca “But the way by which we are asked to climb is steep and uneven.” What then? Can heights be reached by a level path?…
- Seneca Chance assigns us our parents, people say; yet we may choose the ancestors whose children we wish to be.
- Seneca Circumstances mislead us, so judge them carefully. We often choose evil before good and desire what contradicts our…
- Seneca Disaster weighs more when it surprises us; the unexpected always deepens pain. Let nothing be wholly unforeseen:…
- Seneca Do not attempt to quell it all at once, for its first impulses are fierce; by plucking away its parts we shall remove…
- Seneca Do not commit the fault of making every one, who according to his ability admires your writings, ask how so frail a…
- Seneca Fortune strikes hardest when it catches us unprepared; the person who expects change bears it more easily.
- Seneca Furthermore, that you may know in what manner passions begin and swell and gain spirit, learn that the first emotion…
- Seneca Good fortune can reach even the humble and untalented. Greatness belongs to the one who overcomes the shocks and…
- Seneca Have we got rid of the trouble of accusation? then we begin that of judging. Has a man ceased to be a judge? then he…
- Seneca He who says that the wise man can bear this and cannot bear that, and restrains his magnanimity within certain limits,…
- Seneca How many people have consumed your life while you failed to notice the loss? How much went to empty sorrow, foolish…
- Seneca How will he endure the tumult of the world, and make head against so many most active foes, if he be conquered by so…
- Seneca “I am not a wise man, and I will not be one in order to feed your spite: so do not require me to be on a level with…
- Seneca I will keep watch over myself and, most usefully, review each day. We become bad because none of us looks back over…
- Seneca If trained to do so, they are just as able to endure sorrow or labour. Ye good gods, do I say this in that very city…
- Seneca It is above all things necessary to form a true estimate of oneself, because as a rule we think that we can do more…
- Seneca It is said that there was one Mindyrides, a citizen of Sybaris, who one day seeing a man digging and vigorously…
- Seneca It is useful for a man to understand his disease, and to break its strength before it becomes developed. Let us see…
- Seneca It is your duty to imitate their constancy in enduring and triumphing over suffering, as far as it is permitted to a…
- Seneca Leisure without learning is death: a living person's grave.
- Seneca Let Fate meet us ready and at work. Greatness belongs to the soul that yields to the world's order; weakness complains…
- Seneca Let him rise in the presence of his elders. Let him obtain nothing by flying into a passion: let him be given when he…
- Seneca Let not his confidence be without knowledge, nor his knowledge without steadfastness: let him always abide by what he…
- Seneca Let us be free from this evil, let us clear our minds of it, and extirpate root and branch a passion which grows again…
- Seneca Let us differ inwardly in every way, while outwardly our appearance remains in harmony with those around us.
- Seneca Let us now prove what we said before: nay, who will not think this proved if he bethinks himself how great a passion…
- Seneca Let us praise one who deserves such constant praises, and say, “The braver you are the happier you are!
- Seneca Let your own goodness of heart be gradually spread and diffused throughout the whole body of the empire, and all parts…
- Seneca Life is not too brief; we waste much of it. It is ample for great work when used well, but luxury and neglect make it…
- Seneca Life's many hardships teach the lesson of silence.
- Seneca Many faults would be avoided if a respected witness stood beside us as we began to err. Let the soul keep an example…
- Seneca Meaningful work feeds a noble mind.
- Seneca Men demand much, and expect much from you: you ought not to have drawn all eyes upon yourself, if you wished to be…
- Seneca Men set the greatest store upon presents or pensions, and hire out their work, their services, or their care in order…
- Seneca Much peace comes from doing no wrong; the undisciplined live confused and troubled.
- Seneca No vice begins without an excuse, and at first it is modest and easy to restrain. Left alone, it spreads. Every…
- Seneca Nothing, however, will be of so much service as to consider, first, the hideousness, and, secondly, the danger of…
- Seneca Of course it does, since Epicurus himself says that at times he would abandon pleasure and actually seek for pain, if…
- Seneca Of these wrongs which drive you frantic, some will grow lighter after an interval, not of a day, but even of an hour:…
- Seneca Peace of mind is won only by those with firm and steady judgment. Others keep rising and falling in their decisions,…
- Seneca Philosophy asks for a simple life, not a punishing one; simplicity need not be harsh or crude.
- Seneca Plato, Zeno, Chrysippus, and many other Stoics spoke well. People make such words their own by doing what they have…
- Seneca Prepare your mind as though life were complete. Delay nothing; settle each day’s account. Whoever finishes each day…
- Seneca See, on the other hand, how 210evil and guilty a slavery the man is forced to serve who is dominated in turn by…
- Seneca Set aside distractions and give yourself fully to this purpose before time's swift course leaves you behind. Welcome…
- Seneca Show me one who is not enslaved: one serves lust, another money, another rank, and all serve fear. No bondage is more…
- Seneca Show that a life is measured not by its years but by its use; it is common for someone to live long and yet live very…
- Seneca Show why the wise avoid drunkenness by its ugly results, not by speeches alone. Pleasures that exceed measure readily…
- Seneca Some crimes are of such a nature and bound by such conditions that the first part can take place without the second.…
- Seneca Some men’s leisure is busy: in their country house or on their couch, in complete solitude, even though they have…
- Seneca Some people, through too little effort rather than inconsistency, are so unsettled that they do not live as they wish;…
- Seneca Some qualities cannot be separated from some others: they cling together; are indivisible. Dull minds, tending to…
- Seneca Some traces of these qualities exist even in them, though properly all of them, whether good or bad, belong to the…
- Seneca Suppose that we are being punished; let us think not only of what we suffer, but of what we have done: let us sit in…
- Seneca Teach me to resemble Odysseus: to love home, spouse, and father, and after shipwreck still steer toward honorable ends.
- Seneca Test your spirit by sometimes accepting scant food and plain clothing, then ask whether this is the evil you feared.…
- Seneca That we may avoid it, certain general rules of conduct which apply to all men’s lives must be impressed upon us. We…
- Seneca The former will say to you, “In my talk I express the most admirable sentiments, yet I am still weltering amid…
- Seneca The hardness of flint is known to none so well as to those who strike it. I offer myself to all attacks, like some…
- Seneca The mind can carry out whatever orders it gives itself: some have succeeded in never smiling: some have forbidden…
- Seneca The next step is to see whether an alteration in their amount will be of service. If neither alteration of the order…
- Seneca The rational soul's chronic diseases are hardened faults such as greed and ambition: they twist judgment until mildly…
- Seneca The soul may be a ruler or a tyrant. When it honors what is good, it cares for the body and gives no shameful…
- Seneca The wise person loses nothing, for all that is truly theirs is stored in themselves. Their goods rest in virtue,…
- Seneca There is no passion that is more frantic, more destructive to its own self; it is arrogant if successful, and frantic…
- Seneca There is no reason why we should seek to defend such a passion as this or excuse its excesses by declaring it to be…
- Seneca We guard our property fiercely yet surrender our lives to others. Be most sparing with time, the one possession that…
- Seneca We must abandon many things we call good but have become dependent on. Otherwise courage withers, for it needs…
- Seneca We must limit the running to and fro which most men practise, rambling about houses, theatres, and market-places. They…
- Seneca What use are countless books and libraries whose titles one lifetime cannot finish? A learner may be burdened rather…
- Seneca Whatever remains to be done, virtue meets with courage and speed. It is foolish to undertake work grudgingly, sending…
- Seneca When great and kinglike riches fall into the hands of a bad master, they are dispersed straightway, but even a…
- Seneca When he was just of your age, at the end of his twenty-second year, he had already hidden daggers under the clothes of…
- Seneca When they are on a journey their baggage is cut down, whenever they are obliged to travel fast their train of…
- Seneca Whoever uses philosophy to heal the self becomes high-minded, confident, and hard to defeat; their stature grows as…
- Seneca With them you may class men whose dull nature and want of self-knowledge reduces them to the level of cattle, mere…
- Seneca Work through your troubles: difficult times can be eased, narrow passages opened, and heavy burdens lightened by…
- Seneca You accustom yourself to them and cling to them as if somebody had promised that they should be yours for ever, but a…
- Seneca You are not traveling but drifting from place to place, though the good life you seek is available everywhere. Even…
- Seneca You ask me, whither does all this tend? To prove, I answer, that no one should imagine himself to be safe from anger,…
- Seneca You cannot find any one who wants to distribute his money; yet among how many people does every one distribute his…
- Seneca You cannot stray away from your position; it besets you, and follows you with mighty pomp wherever you go. This…
- Seneca You enviously compare the glories of others with your own dirty actions, and do not understand how greatly to your…
- Seneca You have entered the arena of the Olympic games, but no one 11else has done so: you have the crown, but not the…
- Seneca You may be sure that one who showed such boldness as a child would end by becoming a great pest both in public and in…
- Seneca You may observe the same thing in human life: no one can merely go wrong by himself, but he must become both the cause…
- Seneca Your father sewed up more parricides in sacks during five years, than we hear of in all previous centuries. As long as…
- Zeno Well-being is achieved through small advances, though it is itself no small achievement.