"Wealth is able to buy the pleasures of eating, drinking and other sensual pursuits—yet can never afford a cheerful spirit or freedom from sorrow." —Musonius Rufus, Musonius Rufus On How To Live
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"If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it." —Marcus Aurelius
"Men are of little worth. Their brief lives last a single day. They cannot hold elusive pleasure fast; Ii melts away. All laurels wither; all illusions fade; Hopes have been phantoms, shade on air-built shade since time began." —Sophocles
"Before you heal someone, ask him if he’s willing to give up the things that make him sick." —Hippocrates
"Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen." —Anaxagoras
"How does it help…to make troubles heavier by bemoaning them?" —Seneca
"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories." —Plato
"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what’s left and live it properly." —Marcus Aurelius
"I will reveal to you a love potion, without medicine, without herbs, without any witch’s magic; if you want to be loved, then love." —Hecato Of Rhodes
"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child." —Cicero
"The problem creates the solution. What stands in the way becomes the way." —Marcus Aurelius
"Well begun is half done." —Aristotle
"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories." —Plato
"Courage is knowing what not to fear." —Plato
"Think your way through difficulties: harsh conditions can be softened, restricted ones can be widened, and heavy ones can weigh less on those who know how to bear them." —Seneca
"In anger we should refrain both from speech and action." —Pythagoras
"Sometimes even to live is an act of courage." —Seneca
"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
"The fates lead the willing but drag the unwilling." —Cleanthes
"He who hesitates is lost." —Cato