BY THEME
On Virtue
On the good, on character, and on moral excellence as the only true wealth.
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If evil be said of thee, and if it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.
Discourses 4.5
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Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
Enchiridion 33
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Discourses 1.22
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Fragments
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When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings.
Fragments
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If one accomplishes something shameful with pleasure, the pleasure passes, but the shame remains.
Lectures 1
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The good man is invincible, for he does not enter a contest where he is not superior.
Lectures 7
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He who wishes to be good must first believe that he is bad.
Lectures 3
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If a man had to choose between being sick and being wicked, he would choose to be sick.
Lectures 8
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Lectures 13A