No evil is honorable: but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.

Zeno of Citium

Philosophers

Zeno of Citium

Zeno of Citium (c. 334-262 BC), a Phoenician who lost everything in a shipwreck, founded Stoicism in Athens. His doctrine that virtue alone is the good shaped Western ethics from Rome to modern resilience science.

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Source: Lives of the Eminent PhilosophersUnverified

Zeno of Citium's Other Quotes

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.

Man conquers the world by conquering himself.

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

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The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature.

-- Zeno of Citium

The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.

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If you regard discomfort as a normal condition, you will not be dissatisfied.

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Establish your purpose, and make it the source of all things.

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Thank God, I have done my duty.

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A man's training is to do what is hard with a smile.

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