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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

Seneca the Younger

There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Element Madness Talent
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Fate Men Wish
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Future Happiness Life
Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Hear More Nobody Repeat
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Leadership Love Rule
Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Successful Temerity Virtue
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Atheist Religious Wise
The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Men Stores Use
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Ad Death Journey Life
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Hand Men Wise
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Favor Silent Speak
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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God Heard Life Men
He who is brave is free.
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Bravery Freedom Reality
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Alive Death Literature
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Mind Relaxation Stronger
There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Character Crooked Need

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

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