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Do what you should, not what you may.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger
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Philosopher
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Córdoba
Andalusia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger
the Younger Seneca
Lucio Anneo Seneca
Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
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Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
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On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.
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Drunkenness is nothing but a self-induced state of insanity.
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We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering.
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We learn not for life but for the debating-room.
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Virtue is nothing else than right reason
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune's habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
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Necessity is stronger than duty.
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Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
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Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.
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Unjust rule does not last forever.
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The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way.
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Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet.
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What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved
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