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Book: Encheiridion
Author: Epictetus
Translator: Thomas William Hazen Rolleston
Section: Section X
Original language: Greek
Perspective: Every difficulty gives us a chance to practice a virtue. Hard work trains perseverance. Insult trains patience.

Book: On the Shortness of Life
Author: Seneca
Translator: John W. Basore
Section: Chapter I
Original language: Latin
Theme: Time, mortality, wasted life, attention, and intentional living

calling all soldiers

Book: Moral Letters to Lucilius
Author: Seneca
Translator: Richard Mott Gummere
Section: Letter 13, Section 4,
Original language: Latin
Theme: Fear, anxiety, overthinking, and Stoic emotional discipline