Lucius Annaeus Seneca

What is true belongs to me! ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#nature #obtainable #reach #requires #superfluous

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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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

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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The wish for healing has always been half of health. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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