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Seneca the Younger

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

Chance Hatred Wrath
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Foundation Joy True Vex
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Allay Counsel Grief Light
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Able Mind Pause Proof Wise
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Bear Matter Things
What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Mind Speech View
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fate Men Wish
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspirational Men Wise
A thousand approaches lie open to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Approach Lying Thousand
Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Humanity Philosophy Unhappy
The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Conscience Foundation Joy True
It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Give Inspirational Men
Revenge is an inhuman word.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inhuman Revenge World
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

Country Emotion Land Law People Person
Life without literary studies is death.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Life Literature Study
Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Length Quiet Weary

To the stars through difficulties.

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