Frases de Zenão de Cítio

“Todos nós podemos errar, mas a perseverança no erro é que é loucura.”

“O amigo é um segundo eu.”

“Nenhum mal é honorável; mas a morte é honorável; portanto a morte não é má.”

“A felicidade é o bem fluir da vida.”

“A natureza deu-nos duas orelhas e uma só boca para nos advertir de que se impõe mais ouvir do que falar.”

“O sentido da vida consiste estar de acordo com a natureza.”

“Ditosa a cidade em que se admira menos a beleza dos edifícios do que a virtude de seus habitantes.”

“Aquile que exercita a razão é mais excelente que o que não; não há nada mais excelente que o universo, portanto o universo exerce a razão.”

“If melodiously piping flutes sprang from the olive, would you doubt that a knowledge of flute-playing resided in the olive? And what if plane trees bore harps which gave forth rhythmical sounds? Clearly you would think in the same way that the art of music was possessed by plane trees. Why, then, seeing that the universe gives birth to beings that are animate and wise, should it not be considered animate and wise itself?”

“Love is a God, who cooperates in securing the safety of the city.”

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”

“The end may be defined as life in accordance with nature or, in other words, in accordance with our own human nature as well as that of the universe.”

“That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.”

“A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.”

“All the good are friends of one another.”

“No evil is honorable; but death is honorable; therefore death is not evil.”