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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.

Seneca the Younger

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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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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.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Every journey has an end.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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