Exile is not an evil.
οὐκ ἔστι κακὸν ἡ φυγή.
Philosophers
Gaius Musonius Rufus
Roman Stoic philosopher (c. 30-101 AD), teacher of Epictetus, the man three emperors banished and could not silence. He wrote nothing, taught in the street, and insisted on equal philosophical education for women.
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Gaius Musonius Rufus's Other Quotes
It is not learning that makes people good, but practice.
If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labour passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures.
Philosophy is nothing other than the pursuit of nobility and goodness.
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Follow the god.
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Fire tests gold; adversity tests strong people.
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Do not seek for things to happen as you wish; wish for them to happen as they do, and you will find peace.
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The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.
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If I were not Alexander, I would wish to be Diogenes.
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