“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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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The display of grief makes more demands
“The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.
“Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The display of grief makes more demands
“The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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We often want one thing and pray
“We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that
“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
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Wisdom does not show itself so much
“Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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A happy life is one which is
“A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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The wish for healing has always been
“The wish for healing has always been half of health.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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What nature requires is obtainable, and within
“What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Category: nature
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