In the ancient Roman army, the Praetorian Guard—the emperor’s personal bodyguards—enjoyed privileged status. For example, their term of service was 16 years, followed by a pension of 20,000 sesterces, whereas a legionary’s term of service was 20 years and…
When it comes to wines and wine hobby, it's always about price first. If you put a thick enough bag of notes on the table, you can get any wine you want. It's always about value for money and the fact that a good wine connoisseur buys...
Urban Stoicism is neither an ideology nor a religion. It is not a system in which self-invented concepts are forced, piece by piece, with pretense, to conform to reality (and if not, then to the bed of Procrustes...
We City Stoics like nice things. Pleasant, in turn, means pleasing. Something that falls within the realm of personal responsibility is organising your own day-to-day affairs. Mailboxes are like that. Letters, bills, deliveries and magazines are put…
The Stoic has great admiration for electricians, plumbers and carpenters who arrive at their workplace with a couple of big toolboxes, get to work and not a single tool is missing! There is no way of knowing in advance what particular pinky finger...
"There is a kind of sadness that comes from knowing too much, from seeing the world as it truly is. It is the sadness of understanding that life is not...