Tyrtaeus 12 [= Stob. 4.10.1 (vv. 1–14) + 6 (vv. 15–44)] “I wouldn’t celebrate or even mention a man For the strength of his feet or his wrestling, Not even if he had a Cyclopean size and strength And could conquer the gods’ Thracian Northwind And not even if he were better looking than Tithonos…

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Distracted from Justice by Profit – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Plutarch, Life of Brutus 29 “Faith in his sense of principle provided was the foundation of his great good will and fame. For Pompey the Great was not expected—should he overcome Caesar—to put down his power in deference to the laws, but people thought he would keep his political control, smooth-talking the people with the…

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Let Nothing External Spark Joy, the Stoic Way – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Seneca, Moral Epistles 23.1-2 "Do you think that I am going to write about how mild our winter has been, since it is over and was brief, or how terrible the spring is with its prolonged cold and all those foolish things people write when they're grasping for words? Nope. I will write you something else…

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Becoming a Person and the Search for Happiness – SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE

Dio Chrysostom, Discourse 24, On Happiness “Most people don’t really think at all about what kinds of people they should be nor what is best for a person, what goal they should do everything else in pursuing. But individually, some work at becoming equestrians, leading armies, becoming athletes, or musicians, or farmers, or orators. Yet,…

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