Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
— Epictetus
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7 quotes on nature from the Stoic tradition.
Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
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Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
Meditations, Book 9
Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.
Meditations, Book 7
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
Meditations, Book 9
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
Meditations, Book 5
Pass through this brief patch of time in harmony with nature, and come to your final resting place gracefully, just as a ripened olive might drop, praising the earth that nouris…
Meditations, Book 4
The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
Meditations, Book 7