If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.
Stoic philosopher, former slave
Discourses and Selected Writings
c. 1st-2nd Century AD
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Controversial"If you are going to write, be content to be unlearned. If you are going to wrestle, be content to be beaten. For if you are not content with these things, you will not write, nor will you wrestle."
Shocking"The philosopher's school, ye men, is a surgery: you ought not to go out of it with pleasure, but with pain. For you are not in sound health when you enter."
Controversial"Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but do not sell it for a small price."
Strange & Unusual"When you are about to say something, ask yourself, 'Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?'"
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