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This life is only a prelude to eternity.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger
the Younger Seneca
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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He who is brave is free.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Nemo tam divos habuit faventes, Crastinum ut possit sibi polliceri. Nobody has ever found the gods so much his friends that he can promise himself another day.
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Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
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A troubled countenance oft discloses much.
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The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure if any one returns it, that is clear gain if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.
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Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.
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Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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I would rather be sick than idle.
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Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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