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Marcus Aurelius
Meditations. Private notes of a Roman emperor, written on campaign. Read it free.
Meditations 1.16, Meditations 3.5, Meditations 4.3, Meditations 4.19, Meditations 5.1, Meditations 5.20, Meditations 6.21, Meditations 6.30, Meditations 6.54, Meditations 7.59, Meditations 7.67, Meditations 8.47, Meditations 9.1, Meditations 10.16, Meditations 11.21, Meditations 12.4
Epictetus
Enchiridion and Discourses. The handbook and lectures of a freed slave who taught in Rome and Nicopolis. Read it free.
Discourses 3.23, Discourses 4.1, Enchiridion 1, Enchiridion 5, Enchiridion 8, Enchiridion 13, Enchiridion 17, Enchiridion 33, Enchiridion 33, Enchiridion 45, Enchiridion 46, Enchiridion 50, Enchiridion 51
Seneca
Letters and essays. Letters to Lucilius, On Tranquillity of Mind, On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, On Anger. Read it free.
Letters 1, Letters 2, Letters 3, Letters 7, Letters 7, Letters 9, Letters 33, Letters 33, Letters 75, Letters 76, Letters 88, Letters 114, On Anger 2.29, On Tranquillity of Mind 17, On Tranquillity of Mind 17, On the Happy Life 1, On the Shortness of Life 1
Zeno of Citium
Diogenes Laertius, Lives. Sayings of the founder of the Stoic school, as kept by his biographer. Read it free.
Lives 7.23
Scripture
The Holy Bible, King James Version. Quoted word for word, with book, chapter and verse. Read it free.
Genesis 2:2, Exodus 23:2, Joshua 24:15, 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalm 1:3, Psalm 15:2, Psalm 139:14, Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 4:25-26, Proverbs 10:9, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 14:15, Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 17:27, Proverbs 18:13, Proverbs 18:15, Proverbs 18:24, Proverbs 19:2, Proverbs 20:6, Proverbs 20:11, Proverbs 22:7, Proverbs 27:2, Proverbs 27:6, Proverbs 28:1, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, Matthew 5:37, Matthew 6:1, Matthew 7:13-14, Matthew 7:24-25, Mark 1:35, Mark 10:43-45, Luke 6:46, Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Galatians 1:10, Galatians 5:1, Galatians 6:5, Ephesians 4:25, Ephesians 5:15-16, Philippians 4:11-13, Colossians 3:23, 1 Timothy 4:12, Titus 2:2, James 1:19, James 2:1, James 4:14

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The Stoics wrote in Greek and Latin. We quote them word for word from old translations that anyone may read and copy: George Long, W. A. Oldfather, Richard Gummere, Aubrey Stewart, John Basore and R. D. Hicks. Each page names the translator. Section numbers can shift by one between editions.

On solitude

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims, chapter 2, section 9. Translated by T. Bailey Saunders.

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Marcus Aurelius

Epictetus

Seneca

Zeno of Citium

Scripture

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On solitude