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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not. 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
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
From this state also will he flee. If I should attempt to enumerate them one by one, I should not find a single one which could tolerate the wise man or which the wise man could tolerate. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as..."
Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise..."
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool"
Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca quote: "No man was ever wise by chance."
No man was ever wise by chance. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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