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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.

Seneca the Younger

Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Continue Dream Indulge Men
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?
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Mind Speech View
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dignity Easier Grow Start
We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Air Breath Deep Spirit
The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fact Fundamentals Philosophy
Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Gratitude Profit Virtue
Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Long Thing Well
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Arches Fall Inspiration
Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Demand Equal Wicked
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Evil Real Suffering
He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Generation Humanity Passion
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Success Tattoo
Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Employment Indolence Stagnation
While crime is punished it yet increases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Crime Increase Prison
Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blame Giving Judgement Speak
Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Affection Coal Squares

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