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The man of ambition thinks to find his good in the operations of others; the man of pleasure in his own sensations; but the man of understanding in his own actions. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope. - Epictetus

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December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There is never a time when new distraction will not show up; we sow them, so several will grow from the same seed. - Seneca

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December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. - Seneca

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December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Try how the life of the good man suits thee, the life of him who is satisfied with his portion out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just acts and benevolent disposition. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It can ruin your life only if it ruins your character. Otherwise it cannot harm you—inside or out. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
And when the soul has yielded to pleasure, its functions and actions grow weak, and any undertaking comes from a nerveless and unsteady source. - Seneca

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December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Try how the life of the good man suits thee, the life of him who is satisfied with his portion out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just acts and benevolent disposition. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid. - Epictetus

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December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Attend to the matter before you, whether it is an opinion or an act or a word. You suffer this justly: for you choose rather to become good tomorrow than to be good today. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ab honesto virum bonum nihil deterret. (Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honorable.)-A Wrinkle in Time. - Seneca

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December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say. It is no evil for things to undergo change, and no good for things to subsist in consequence of change. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best. - Epictetus

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December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom yourself can improve. Men learn while they teach. - Seneca

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December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For that is the people’s verdict, but wise men on the whole reject the people’s decrees. - Seneca

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December 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty. - Marcus Aurelius

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December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
An ignorant person is inclined to blame others for his own misfortune. To blame oneself is proof of progress. But the wise man never has to blame another or himself. - Epictetus

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November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets just like love or liquor. - Seneca

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November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Do not act as if you had ten thousand years to throw away. Death stands at your elbow. Be good for something while you live and it is in your power. - Marcus Aurelius

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November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
To the best of my judgment, when I look at the human character I see no virtue placed there to counter justice. But I see one to counter pleasure: self-control. - Marcus Aurelius

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November 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Whoever then would be free, let him wish for nothing, let him decline nothing, which depends on others; else he must necessarily be a slave. - Epictetus

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November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Whoever then would be free, let him wish for nothing, let him decline nothing, which depends on others; else he must necessarily be a slave. - Epictetus

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November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It is only in the ideal or perfect state that the virtues of the good citizen and the good man are identical. - Seneca

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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Don’t imagine that something is good for you if, in pursuing it, you must break a promise, harm anyone else, lose self-respect, act hypocritically, or hide in shame. - Marcus Aurelius

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November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM