Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control (The Stoic Virtues Series)
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while it might seem easy to take it easy and more pleasurable to indulge our pleasure centers, in the long run, it is a far more painful route.
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His temperance was an interior force, emanating from deep within his soul. He chose it, despite the sacrifices, despite the fact that others allowed themselves to forgo such penance and got away with it.
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Temperance, like a tempered sword.