Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Ancient Rome
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Philosopher / Statesman
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Philosopher / Statesman
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Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb
Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters
Life, if well lived, is long enough
Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands
It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult
It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence
It is quality rather than quantity that matters
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays