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We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.
Fragment, in Diogenes Laertius 7.23
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I begin to speak only when I am certain what I will say is not better left unsaid.
Plutarch, Life of Cato the Younger 4
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The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.
Meditations 5.16
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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
Meditations
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Meditations
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Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life.
Meditations 7.67
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The universe is flux, life is opinion.
Meditations 4.3
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To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.
Meditations (attrib.)
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
Letters 45.1
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms — you'll be able to use them better when you're older.
Letters 76