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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.

Seneca the Younger

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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
If you judge, investigate.
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Judge Philosophical Umpire
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Anticipation Expectations Miserable
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Feeling Forgiveness Innocent
Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Matter Think Unblest
Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Successful Temerity Virtue
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Character Crooked Need
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Best Friend Inspirational Life Prayer
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Amendment Arms Bearing Gun
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Assuming Honor Men
Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Ignorant Life Soul
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Adversity Failure Happiness

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