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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.

Seneca the Younger

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Help May Need
Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Remember Tolerance
It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Inspirational Laughter
Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Congratulations Success Think
Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Anxiety Half More Trouble
Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Dominion Eternal Unjust
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Foundation Joy True Vex
Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Despise Hate Hateful
To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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heavy Oneself Servitude
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Heaven Soul Taken
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
Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Ambition Know Mind
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Courage Hero Life
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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End Eternity Fear
Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Harsh Reflection Sin
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Philosophical Pilot Storm

What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.

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