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Of a rich man who was mean and niggardly, he said, "That man does not possess his estate, but his estate possesses him."
The Stoics also teach that God is unity, and that he is called Mind and Fate and Jupiter, and by many other names besides.
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They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself.
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One of his sayings was, "Even the gods cannot strive against necessity."
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Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods."
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Alcæus mentions Aristodemus in these lines:—
’T is money makes the man; and he who ’s none
Is counted neither good nor honourable.
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He alludes to the appearance of a face in the orb of the moon.
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He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.
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Like sending owls to Athens, as the proverb goes.
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Fortune is unstable, while our will is free.
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The road to Hades is the easiest to travel.
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In the time of Pythagoras that proverbial phrase Ipse dixit was introduced into ordinary life.
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When he was praised by some wicked men, he said, "I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing."
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He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.
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Xenophanes speaks thus:—
And no man knows distinctly anything,
And no man ever will.
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Aristippus said that a wise man’s country was the world.
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That virtue was sufficient of herself for happiness.
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Apollodorus says, "If any one were to take away from the books of Chrysippus all the passages which he quotes from other authors, his paper would be left empty."
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Solon gave the following advice: "Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath. Never tell a lie. Pay attention to matters of importance."
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But Chrysippus, Posidonius, Zeno, and Boëthus say, that all things are produced by fate. And fate is a connected cause of existing things, or the reason according to which the world is regulated.
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