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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious..."
True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of..."
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Where fear is, happiness is not."
Where fear is, happiness is not. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The time will come when diligent research over periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden...Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memories of us will have been effaced. Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has something for every age to investigate. nature does not reveal her mysteries once and for all. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How..."
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Are you surprised, as if it were a novelty, that after such long travel and so many changes of scene you have not been able to shake off the gloom and heaviness of your mind? You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate. [...] Do you ask why such flight does not help you? It is because you flee along with yourself. You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Finally, everybody agrees that no one pursuit can be successfully followed by a man who is preoccupied with many things—eloquence cannot, nor the liberal studies—since the mind, when distracted, takes in nothing very deeply, but rejects everything that is, as it were, crammed into it. There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living: there is nothing that is harder to learn. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of..."
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "The day which we fear is out last is buth the birthday of..."
The day which we fear is out last is buth the birthday of eternity Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I am not a ‘wise man,’ nor . . . shall I ever be. And so require not from me that I should be equal to the best, but that I should be better than the wicked. It is enough for me if every day I reduce the number of my vices, and blame my mistakes. 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
To expel hunger and thirst there is no necessity of sitting in a palace and submitting to the supercilious brow and contumelious favour of the rich and great there is no necessity of sailing upon the deep or of following the camp What nature wants is every where to be found and attainable without much difficulty whereas require the sweat of the brow for these we are obliged to dress anew j compelled to grow old in the field and driven to foreign mores A sufficiency is always at hand 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

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