Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Ancient Rome
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Philosopher / Statesman
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Philosopher / Statesman
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It is a tedious thing to be always beginning life; they live badly who always begin to live
If you live according to nature, you never will be poor; if according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich
Fortune can take away riches, but not courage
He who begs timidly courts a refusal
No crime has been without a precedent
Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent
If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself
If you wish to fear nothing, consider that everything is to be feared
No one lives so poor as he is born
He gives a benefit twice who gives quickly
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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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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