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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.

Seneca the Younger

Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Despise Hate Hateful
He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dread Fear Much Unfit
He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

End Inspirational Way
Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Epileptic Precaution Regard
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Hatred Men Revenge
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Beforehand Come Foresight Present
You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Modesty Repeat Time
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Forward Life Look Past
The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Courage Hero Life
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Happiness Men Powerful
People do not die – they kill themselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Die People Philosophy Themselves
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Numbers Peril Slavery
Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Chance Hatred Wrath
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
After death there is nothing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

After Death Life Nothing
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Bear Matter Things

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