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No one can have all he desires.

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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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched.
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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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The path of increase is slow, but the road to ruin is rapid.
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Everything may happen.
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Life without the courage for death is slavery.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say let speech harmonize with life.
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You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.
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Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.
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You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope for hope is accompanied by fear.
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The fear of war is worse than war itself.
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Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.
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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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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt Not doubting without hope.
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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
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When thou hast profited so much that thou respectest even thyself, thou mayst let go thy tutor.
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Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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