Leisure without literature is death, or rather the burial of a living man Otium sine litteris mors est et hominis vivi sepultura. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
What should a wise person do when given a blow Same as Cato when he was attacked not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty. (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)
We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Why does no one confess his sins Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
He who decides a case without hearing the other side ... though he decides justly, cannot be considered just. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate. (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
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