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Quotes by Seneca

“Life, if well lived, is long enough.”

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“Before God we are equally wise and equally foolish.”

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“If you judge, investigate”

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“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.”

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“There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortune”

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“Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.”

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“Its a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none”

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“Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.”

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“A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.”

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Life is like a play: its not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.

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Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear.

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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

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Non est ad astra mollis e terris via - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars

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No man was ever wise by chance

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Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. Weve been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.

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The best ideas are common property

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No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity

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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.

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