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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.

Seneca the Younger

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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Desire Men Nature Return
There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Companion Good Satisfaction
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Congratulations Success Think
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Desire Greater Progress
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Freedom Men Simplicity
Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Secret Tedious Truth
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
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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Death Forward Life Look Past
There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Arm Denial Hero Self
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Modesty Repeat Time
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Adversity Men Unhappy
No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Choice Dressing Practice Window
It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Admire Praise Provoking
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Leadership Love Rule
I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Bestnow Kindness Recieve

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