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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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God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.
Nothing is more dishonourable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other evidence of his having lived long except his age.
I am not born for one corner; the whole world is my native land.
The man who hopes for naught at least has naught to fear.
God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
To die without fear of death is to be desired.
It is best to bear what cannot be changed.
Let that please man which has pleased God.
It is folly to die of the fear of death.
Hope not without despair, despair not without hope.
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite.
An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them. In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.
The mind is the master over every kind of fortune: itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.
Whatever is well said by anyone is mine.
Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that hath received it disclose it.
If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light of reason, but after the fashion of others.
Nobody has ever found the gods so much his friends that he can promise himself another day.
Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.
What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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