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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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losing a fortune

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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

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my reputation

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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pleading in silence

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

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this adversity

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this adversity
is my chance to demonstrate
my best behavior