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Seneca, Letter XC

“And there is a world of difference between, on the one hand, choosing not to do wrong and, on the other, not knowing how to do it in the first place”

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Seneca, Letter XC

“The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.”

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Seneca, Letter XC

“For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.”

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Seneca, Letter LXXVIII

“A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.”

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Seneca, Letter LXXVIII

“As it is with play, so it is with life - what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is. It is not important at what point you stop. Stop wherever you will - only make sure that you round it off with a good ending.”

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Seneca, Letter LXXVII

“Life is never incomplete if it is an honourable one. At whatever point you have life, if you leave it in the right way, it is a whole.”

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Seneca, Letter LXV

“Refusal to be influenced by one’s body assures one’s freedom.”

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Seneca, Letter LXIII

“Whatever can happen at any time can happen today”

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Seneca, Letter LXIII

“Let us see to it that the recollection of those we have lost becomes a pleasure to us.”

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Seneca, Letter LXIII

“No one ever goes into mourning for the benefit merely of himself.”

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Seneca, Letter LXIII

“In our tears we are trying to find means of proving that we feel the loss.”

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Seneca, Letter LVI

“So it is with the love of money, the love of power and the other maladies that affect the minds of men - you may be sure that it is when they abate and give every appearance of being cured that they are at their most dangerous.”

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Seneca, Letter LVI

“For when they are in the open vices invariably take a more moderate form.”

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Seneca, Letter LVI

“And there is nothing so certain as the fact that the harmful consequences of inactivity are dissipated by activity.”

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Seneca, Letter LVI

“The only true serenity is the one which represents the free development of a sound mind.”

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Seneca, Letter LV

“Life would be restricted indeed if there were any barrier to our imaginations.”

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Seneca, Letter LIV

“being thrown out signifies expulsion from a place one is reluctant to depart from, and there is nothing the wise man does reluctantly. He escapes necessity because he wills what necessity is going to force on him.”

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Seneca, Letter LIII

“Why does no one admit his failings? Because he’s still deep in them.”

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Seneca, Letter XLVIII

“No one can lead a happy life if he thinks only of himself and turns everything to his own purposes.”

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Seneca, Letter XLVII

“Only an absolute fool values a man according to his cloths, or according to his social position, which after all is only something that we wear like clothing.”

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