Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Cleanthes
Born: 330 BC
Died: 232 BC (aged 98)
Bio: Cleanthes, of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and successor to Zeno, as the second head of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens where he took up philosophy, listening to Zeno's lectures.