Stoic and practical philosophy of the Roman world.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
— Cicero
"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the peop…
— Marcus Aurelius
"Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate br..."
The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective..."
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good i…
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matter..."
First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what yo…
— Epictetus
"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the futu..."
Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagin…
"Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about r..."
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not sa…
"If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it."
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage."
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive.
"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be al..."
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