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

Seneca the Younger

To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Life Wise
The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Country Emotion Land Law People Person
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Happiness Leisure Vice
Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Accept Condonement Genius Measure
It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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Light might People
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dresses Fear Number
Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Courage Fear Heaven
One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Crime Philosophical Prison
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Deed Punishment Wickedness
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessing Death Mean
A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Amendment Arms Bearing Gun
The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Expression Inspirational Simplicity
As long as you live, learn how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learn Live Long
People do not die – they kill themselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Die People Philosophy
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Mind Speech View
The worse a person is the less he feels it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Awareness Feels Safety Self

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