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Stoicism

ˈstōəˌsizəm

  1. noun – an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge; the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.
  2. noun – the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.

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my best decisions

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my best decisions
occasionally produce
negative outcomes
my best decisions
occasionally produce
negative outcomes

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losing a fortune

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losing a fortune 
inflicts less agony than 
losing half of one
losing a fortune 
inflicts less agony than 
losing half of one

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receive without pride

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receive without pride
and when it is done release
without attachment
receive without pride
and when it is done release
without attachment

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my reputation

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my reputation
thrives to the extent that i
care nothing for it
my reputation
thrives to the extent that i
care nothing for it

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my death is no more

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my death is no more
alarming than my absence
from life before birth
my death is no more
alarming than my absence
from life before birth

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it takes a stiff wind

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it takes a stiff wind
to heat a cold blast furnace
to incandescence
it takes a stiff wind
to heat a cold blast furnace
to incandescence

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life may be a stage

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life may be a stage
but fate will decide whether
tragic or comic
life may be a stage
but fate will decide whether
tragic or comic

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the root of courage

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the root of courage
is a simple acceptance
of the job at hand
the root of courage
is a simple acceptance
of the job at hand

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this young soldier weighs

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this young soldier weighs
ninety-eight pounds soaking wet
fifty of them heart
this young soldier weighs
ninety-eight pounds soaking wet
fifty of them heart

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pleading in silence

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pleading in silence
blood into mud into dust
is how all men die
pleading in silence
blood into mud into dust
is how all men die