“Who can doubt, my dear Lucilius, that life is the gift of the immortal gods, but that living well1 is the gift… — Seneca Life Copy Share Image
“Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros. Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” — Seneca Adversity Copy Share Image
“Poverty will keep for you your true and tried friends; you will be rid of the men who were not seeking you… — Seneca Poverty Copy Share Image
“There is an old adage about gladiators, - that they plan their fight in the ring.” — Seneca Gladiators Copy Share Image
“Epicurus: “If you live according to nature, you will never be poor; if you live according to opinion, you will never be… — Seneca Epicurus Copy Share Image
“You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Anyone who likes may make things easier for himself by viewing them with equanimity.” — Seneca Difficulties Copy Share Image
“offer new prayers; pray for a sound mind and for good health, first of soul and then of body.” — Seneca Good health Copy Share Image
“You will notice that the most powerful and highly stationed men let drop remarks in which they pray for leisure, praise it,… — Seneca Blessings Copy Share Image
“Think your way through difficulties: harsh conditions can be softened, restricted ones can be widened, and heavy ones can weigh less on… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Would you rather be poor and sated, or rich and hungry? Prosperity is not only greedy, but it also lies exposed to… — Seneca Greed Copy Share Image
“The man who looks for the morrow without worrying over it knows a peaceful independence and a happiness beyond all others. Whoever… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Here is your great soul—the man who has given himself over to Fate; on the other hand, that man is a weakling… — Seneca Fate Copy Share Image
“Of all people only those are at leisure who make time for philosophy, only those are really alive. For they not only… — Seneca Leisure Copy Share Image
“[I]ndulge the body just so far as suffices for good health. It needs to be treated somewhat strictly to prevent it from… — Seneca Good health Copy Share Image
“He who restrains himself within the limits prescribed by nature, will not feel poverty; he who exceeds them will always be poor,… — Seneca Money Copy Share Image
“You must vie with time's swiftness in the speed of using it, and, as from a torrent that rushes by and will… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“No man is crushed by misfortune unless he has first been deceived by prosperity” — Seneca Misfortune Copy Share Image
“reflect how pleasant it is to demand nothing, how noble it is to be contented and not to be dependent upon Fortune.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“What then is good? The knowledge of things. What is evil? The lack of knowledge of things.” — Seneca Evil Copy Share Image
“Bonis nocet, qui malis parcit. He harms the good (people) who spares the evil.” — Seneca Evil Copy Share Image
“This, I say, is the highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom, – that deed and word should be in accord, that” — Seneca Responsibility Copy Share Image
“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via" - "There is no easy way from the earth to the stars” — Seneca Earth Copy Share Image
“all the works of mortal man have been doomed to mortality, and in the midst of things which have been destined to… — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“Happy is the man who can make others better, not merely when he is in their company, but even when he is… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“You must set your hands to tasks which you can finish or at least hope to finish, and avoid those which get… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“You must linger among a limited number of master thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win… — Seneca Psychology Copy Share Image
“the wise man is self-sufficient, that he can do without friends, not that he desires to do without them. When I say… — Seneca Friend Copy Share Image
“Consider the whole world reconnoitre individuals j who is there whose life is not taken up with providing for to morrow Do… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“The supreme ideal does not call for any external aids. It is homegrown, wholly self-developed. Once it starts looking outside itself for… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“The belly will not listen to advice; it makes demands, it importunes. And yet it is not a troublesome creditor; you can… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“How closely flattery resembles friendship! It not only apes friendship, but outdoes it, passing it in the race; with wide-open and indulgent… — Seneca Friend Copy Share Image
“But it is one thing to remember, another to know. Remembering is merely safeguarding something entrusted to the memory; knowing, however, means… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“What man can you show me who places any value on his time, who reckons the worth of each day, who understands… — Seneca Death Copy Share Image
“It is in times of security that the spirit should be preparing itself for difficult times; while fortune is bestowing favors on… — Seneca Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“To consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“Let my mind be fixed on itself, cultivate itself, have no external interest – nothing that seeks the approval of another; let… — Seneca Peace Copy Share Image
“Of all men, only those who find time for philosophy are at leisure; only they are truly alive; for it is not… — Seneca Leisure Copy Share Image
“Well then, shall we act like other men? Shall there be no distinction between ourselves and the world?" Yes, a very great… — Seneca Copy Share Image
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