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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

Seneca the Younger

In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

God Turn Void Work
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Beforehand Come Foresight Present
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Honor Justice Loss
People do not die – they kill themselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Die People Philosophy Themselves
One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Friend Friendship Necessarily
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Country Emotion History People Person
Be harsh with yourself at times.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Harsh Reflection Sin
Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Existence Ignorance Ignorant Men Wise
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Distress Fellow Man
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Kind Misery Spiteful
After death there is nothing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

After Death Life Nothing
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fate Men Wish
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ambition Know Mind
Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Law People Retirement
A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Learner Library Wander
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

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