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People do not die – they kill themselves.

Seneca the Younger

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
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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Evil Real Suffering
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Inspirational Success Tattoo
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learn Teacher Vices
In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Good Man Very
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Alive Death Literature
What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Attack Blow Revenge Wise
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Goal Men Wind
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Dignity Easier Grow Start
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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Blessing Death Mean
Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Help Intelligence Mediocrity
There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Element Madness Talent
To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bles Life Live Well
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Good Innocence Law
Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Greatness Men Piece
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Dying Wonder

People do not die – they kill themselves.

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