stoicism (47)in #life • 4 years agoWe all love ourselves more than other people, but...“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our…stoicism (47)in #life • 8 years agoNever Be a Slave of Your Wealth“For the wise man does not consider himself unworthy of any gifts from Fortune’s hands: he does not love wealth but he…stoicism (47)in #philosophy • 8 years agoRevenge is an admission that we have been hurt"How far more glorious is it to throw back all wrongs and insults from oneself, like one wearing armour of proof…stoicism (47)in #philosophy • 8 years agoYou say "I cannot endure it: injuries are hard to bear." You lie.< "What then?" say you, “shall he not be punished?" He will be, even supposing that you do not wish it: for the…stoicism (47)in #philosophy • 8 years agoIt is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body"It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much…stoicism (47)in #wisdom • 8 years agoIt is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."He says: "Contented poverty is an honourable estate." Indeed, if it be contented, it is not poverty at all. It is not…stoicism (47)in #wisdom • 8 years agoOur lack of confidence is not the result of difficulty. The difficulty comes from our lack of confidence."But how much more highly do I think of these men! They can do these things, but decline to do them. To whom that ever…stoicism (47)in #wisdom • 8 years agothe ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious, unsocial"Begin the morning by saying to thyself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious…stoicism (47)in #philosophy • 8 years agoThese reasonings do not cohere: I am richer than you, therefore I am better than you"These reasonings do not cohere: I am richer than you, therefore I am better than you; I am more eloquent than you…stoicism (47)in #wisdom • 8 years agoEvil herself drinks the largest portion of her own poison."Let us therefore avoid being ungrateful, not for the sake of others but for our own sakes. When we do wrong, only the…
