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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

Seneca the Younger

Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Motto Nature Stoic
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Adversity Giving Teeth
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Applaude Causes Proof
We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Heart Think View
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Honor Justice Loss
All art is but imitation of nature.
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Art Garden Philosophical
I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Idea Men Work Write
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Arches Fall Inspiration
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Counsel Grief Light People
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Allay Counsel Grief Light
The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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Master Slave Tyranny
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Independence Step Treatment
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Life Long Thing Well
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Foundation Joy True Vex
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful

Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.

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