“You will come to your own when you shall understand that those whom the world calls fortunate are really the most unfortunate of all”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“No man is good by chance. Virtue is something which must be learned.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“He is a slave.'' But shall that stand in his way?
Show me a man who is not a slave; one is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to ambition, and all men are slaves to fear.”
― Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classics) Paperback – 17 September 2020
Show me a man who is not a slave; one is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to ambition, and all men are slaves to fear.”
― Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classics) Paperback – 17 September 2020
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