If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.
EpictetusSurvey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.
EpictetusWhenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
EpictetusIt is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?
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