Athenodorus Cananites Quotes on Virtue
Athenodorus Cananites of Tarsus was a Greek Stoic philosopher of the first century BC and the first century AD, a pupil of Posidonius and the principal philosophical tutor of the young Octavian, the future emperor Augustus. This page collects quotes attributed to Athenodorus Cananites on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Athenodorus Cananites:
“When you are angry, recite the Greek alphabet before you act.”
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Attributed to Athenodorus Cananites:
“The wise man rules himself first; the rest of the world is the lesser task.”
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Attributed to Athenodorus Cananites:
“Stoicism is not a doctrine to be admired in the lecture hall; it is a discipline to be exercised in the council chamber.”
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Attributed to Athenodorus Cananites:
“Virtue is the same in the prince and in the freedman; only their occasions for it differ.”
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Attributed to Athenodorus Cananites:
“He who shapes his city after virtue prepares his city for any fortune.”