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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

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For what prevents us from saying that the happy life is to have a mind that is free, lofty, fearless and steadfast - a mind that is placed beyond the reach of fear, beyond the reach of desire, that counts virtue the only good, baseness the only evil, and all else but a worthless mass of things, which come and go without increasing or diminishing the highest good, and neither subtract any part from the happy life nor add any part to it? A man thus grounded must, whether he wills or not,... Lucius Annaeus Seneca
It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently generous measure to allow the accomplishment of the very greatest things if the whole of it is well invested. But when it is squandered in luxury and carelessness, when it is devoted to no good end, forced at last by the ultimate necessity we perceive that it has passed away before we were aware that it was passing. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it..."
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
No good thing renders its possessor happy, unless his mind is reconciled to the possibility of loss; nothing, however, is lost with less discomfort than that which, when lost, cannot be missed. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must..."
We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Why do I not rather seek some real good - one which I could feel, not one which I could display? These things that draw the eyes of men, before which they halt, which they show to one another in wonder, outwardly glitter, but are worthless within. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Ab honesto virum bonum nihil deterret. (Nothing deters a good..."
Ab honesto virum bonum nihil deterret. (Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honorable.)-A Wrinkle in Time Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a..."
It's not that we have little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it."
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the..."
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not..."
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good..."
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good..."
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The highest good is a mind that scorns the happenings of..."
The highest good is a mind that scorns the happenings of chance, and rejoices only in virtue. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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