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Zeno of Citium Quotes

334 BC–262 BC Cyprus

Zeno of Citium (334 BC – 262 BC) was a Greek philosopher from Cyprus, and was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy which he taught in Athens, from about 300 BC.

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Happiness is a good flow of life.

A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.

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

Love is a God, who cooperates in securing the safety of the city.

All the good are friends of one another.

That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.

No one entrusts a secret to a drunken man; but one will entrust a secret to a good man; therefore, the good man will not get drunk.

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

(The end is) life in agreement with nature

Man conquers the world by conquering himself

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Zeno of Citium (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.