“What fortune has made yours is not your own.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Wild animals run from the dangers they actually see, and once they have escaped them worry no more. We however are tormented alike by what is past and what is to come. A number of our blessings do us harm, for memory brings back the agony of fear while foresight brings it on prematurely. No one confines his unhappiness to the present.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“In our time the most warlike nations are the most rude and ignorant.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
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