A great fortune is a great slavery.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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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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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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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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He who is brave is free.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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