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“But life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
“To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.”
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“Of this one thing make sure against your dying day - that your faults die before you do.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today. You are arranging what lies in Fortune’s control, and abandoning what lies in yours. What are you looking at? To what goal are you straining? The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”
― On the Shortness of Life
― On the Shortness of Life
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