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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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“Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“He that does good to another does good also to himself.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“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.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“The wish for healing has always been half of health.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“If you wished to be loved, love.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.”— Lucius Annaeus Seneca