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Stoicism in The Shawshank Redemption Meditations I.

Stoicism in Gladiator Meditations II.


Marcus Aurelius --- Epictetus --- Seneca --- Chrysippus


Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
~ Seneca

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
~ Seneca

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
~ Seneca

While we teach, we learn.
~ Seneca

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
~ Seneca

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
~ Seneca

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.
~ Seneca

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
~ Seneca

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to tkae a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
~ Seneca