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Virtue is not a gift; it is a discipline, and it is won by daily effort.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

No one is born virtuous; everyone who is, became so through daily effort. Virtue is a habit earned, not a talent given.

Try this todayEarn a little virtue today through one deliberate act of effort.
Today’s questionAm I treating virtue as a gift, or as a discipline to be earned?
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