Stoic and practical philosophy of the Roman world.
Only the educated are free.
— Epictetus
"Only the educated are free."
No man is free who is not master of himself.
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the futu..."
It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.
"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of i..."
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
— Marcus Aurelius
"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
— Cicero
"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one…
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one."
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the peop…
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate br..."
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
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