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A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Seneca the Younger
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Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger
the Younger Seneca
Lucio Anneo Seneca
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If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.
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The state of that man's mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The articulate, trained voice is more distracting than mere noise.
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The fortune of war is always doubtful.
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It is sweet to mingle tears with tears Griefs, where they wound in solitude, Wound more deeply.
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As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.
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Find a path or make one.
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If virtue precede us every step will be safe.
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Let us ask what is best - not what is customary. Let us love temperance - let us be just - let us refrain from bloodshed.
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There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living there is nothing harder to learn.
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