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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.

Seneca the Younger

Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Alive Death Literature
How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Numbers Peril Slavery
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
If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Mingle Wise
Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Assuming Honor Men
The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Emotion Matter More Person
What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Choices Little Struggle
It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Excellence Philosophical Quality
A great fortune is a great slavery.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Money Philosophical Slavery
The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Mind Peace
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

Freedom Integrity Responsibility
Luck never made a man wise.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Men Wisdom Wise
Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Infidelity Men Wife
Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Pain Release
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Anger Life Suicidal
Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Foundation Moderation Unstable

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