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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

Seneca the Younger

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Motivational Positive
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ad Death Journey Life
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Mind Money Rich Sacrifice
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Anger Life Suicidal
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Continue Dream Indulge Men
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Counsel Grief Light People
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Courage Hero Life
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Mind Speech View
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Freedom Men Simplicity
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Desire Men Nature Return
He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Compact Made Poverty Rich
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Wise
Life without literary studies is death.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Life Literature Study
Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Cures Fail Reason
Successful villany is called virtue.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Successful Villany Virtue
The sun shines even on the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Evil Shine Wicked

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