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Simple is the language of truth.
Seneca the Younger
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Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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the Younger Seneca
Lucio Anneo Seneca
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His head was turned by too great success.
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Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
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It is the power of the mind to be unconquerable.
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Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.
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No one can have all he desires.
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Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
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We pardon familiar vices.
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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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Slavery holds few men fast the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness.
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See what daily exercise does for one.
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