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

Seneca the Younger

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fear Living Terrify Unknown Worth
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Favor Silent Speak
Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dream People Vice
If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Goal Men Wind
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Desire Forgiveness Inhuman
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Giving Teeth
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
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Luck Opportunity Preparation
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessing Death Mean
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
The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Part Really Short
The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Mind Relaxation Stronger
Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Arches Fall Inspiration
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Freedom Men Simplicity
It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Shortness Waste
You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Kindness Life

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