"The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future." —Epicurus
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"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." —Epictetus
"You will earn the respect of all if you begin by earning the respect of yourself. Don’t expect to encourage good deeds in people conscious of your own misdeeds." —Musonius Rufus
"Before a crowd, the ignorant are more persuasive than the educated." —Aristotle
"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." —Epictetus
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." —Seneca
"Quality is not an act, it is a habit." —Aristotle
"The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature." —Zeno
"Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?" —Marcus Aurelius
"To move the world, we must first move ourselves." —Socrates
"Deaths that are greater, greater portions gain." —Heraclitus
"Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves." —Epictetus
"As a matter of self-perseveration, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task." —Diogenes
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." —Marcus Aurelius
"Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older." —Seneca
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not." —Epicurus
"Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?" —Socrates
"A room without books is like a body without a soul." —Cicero
"Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." —Marcus Aurelius
"And you can also commit injustice by doing nothing." —Marcus Aurelius