If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labour passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures.
Si quid magni operis facturus es, perfectionem cum labore non cum voluptate consequeris.
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Gaius Musonius Rufus
Roman Stoic philosopher (c. 30-101 AD), teacher of Epictetus, the man three emperors banished and could not silence. He wrote nothing, taught in the street, and insisted on equal philosophical education for women.
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