A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.
— Epictetus
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10 quotes on virtue from the Stoic tradition.
A city is not adorned by external things, but by the virtue of those who dwell in it.
Fragments
Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourself.
Discourses, Book I
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Meditations, Book X
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Meditations, Book 12
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.
Meditations, Book XII
Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense.
Meditations, Book VII
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Meditations, Book 6
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
Meditations, Book 10
He who is brave is free.
Letters from a Stoic, Letter LXXVII
Every night before going to sleep, we must ask ourselves: what weakness did I overcome today? What virtue did I acquire?
On Anger