“Don't be overheard complaining ... not even to yourself.”
― Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
― Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
“A fate is not a punishment.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus
“It is better to be despised for simplicity than to suffer agonies from everlasting pretense.”
― Dialogues and Letters
― Dialogues and Letters
“Man, consider first what the matter is (which you propose to do), then your own nature also, what it is able to bear. If you are a wrestler, look at your shoulders, your thighs, your loins: for different men are naturally formed for different things.”
― Discourses and Selected Writings of Epictetus
― Discourses and Selected Writings of Epictetus
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