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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

Seneca the Younger

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Evil Real Suffering
No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Choice Dressing Practice Window
God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Health Inside Love People
In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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God Turn Void Work
Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Ad Death Journey Life
The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Desire Greater Progress
The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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Kind Misery Spiteful
Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Secret Tedious Truth
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Birthday End Eternity Fear
It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Mind Money Rich Sacrifice
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Appreciation Gratitude Struggle
If you judge, investigate.
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Judge Philosophical Umpire
No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Desire Men Nature Return
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Love Military Soldier
It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Deceit Dishonorable Think Write
People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Die People Philosophy Themselves

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

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