“The wise man is self-sufficient.”
— Zeno of Citium, The Aphorisms of Zeno
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Sayings attributed to the founder of the Stoic school.
Zeno of Citium. Founded Stoicism in Athens around 300 BCE after being shipwrecked and, by his own account, taking up philosophy as a result. He taught at the Stoa Poikile, the painted porch that gave the school its name.