STOICISM

Related Subjects: Courage, Endurance

1. 'Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul; I think the Romans call it stoicism.—ADDISON
   

2. There are two ways of escaping from suffering; the one by rising above the causes of conflict, the other by sinking below them. The one is the religious method; the other is the vulgar, worldly method. The one is Christian elevation; the other is stoicism.—H. W. BEECHER
   

3. To feel for none is the true social art of the world's stoics—men without a heart.—BYRON
   

4. From forty to fifty a man is at heart either a stoic or a satyr.—PINERO, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray