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.

Si quid magni operis facturus es, perfectionem cum labore non cum voluptate consequeris.

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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Source: コラ・ラッツ編『Musonius Rufus: The Roman Socrates』第七講話「困難を蔑むこと」Verified

Gaius Musonius Rufus's Other Quotes

Exile is not an evil.

Philosophy is nothing other than the pursuit of nobility and goodness.

It is not learning that makes people good, but practice.

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