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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.
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He who does not wish to die cannot have wished to live.
That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.
Accept in an unruffled spirit that which is inevitable.
Fortune has taken away, but Fortune has given.
And what is freedom, you ask? It means not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.
He that owns himself has lost nothing. But how few men are blessed with ownership of self!
What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands that he is dying daily?
There are more things, Lucilius, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
The much occupied man has no time for wantonness, and it is an obvious commonplace that the evils of leisure can be shaken off by hard work.
An honest heart possesses a kingdom.
Infinita est velocitas temporis quæ magis apparet respicientibus.
The language of truth is simple.
Virtue alone affords everlasting and peace-giving joy; even if some obstacle arise, it is but like an intervening cloud, which floats beneath the sun but never prevails against it.
It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough.
I do not know whether I shall make progress; but I should prefer to lack success rather than to lack faith.
He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardships of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.
Cum quod datur spectabis, et dantem adspice!
Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.
Friendship is always helpful, but love sometimes even does harm
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