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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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The great soul surrenders itself to fate.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Brave men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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The good things that belong to prosperity are to be wished but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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If we let things terrify us life will not be worth living.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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It is not death we fear but the thought of it.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Fortune reveres the brave and overwhelms the cowardly.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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For many men the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles it only changes them.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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No man will swim ashore and take his baggage with him.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Let us be brave in the face of adversity.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Knowledge of sin is the beginning of salvation.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Courage leads starward fear toward death.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Courage is a scorner of things which inspire fear.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles is little more than choice to him that is willing.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Where fear is happiness is not.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Whom they have injured they also hate.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth and for the great benefits of our being our life health and reason we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Failure changes for the better success for the worse.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Not he who has little but he who wishes more is poor.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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One who's our friend is fond of us one who's fond of us isn't necessarily our friend.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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He who looks for advantage out of friendship strips it all of its nobility.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for no wind is the right wind.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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There's some end at last for the man who follows a path mere rambling is interminable.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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For greed all nature is too little.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Unhappy is the man though he rule the world who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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No man can live happily who regards himself alone who turns everything to his own advantage. Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Live for thy neighbor if thou wouldst live for thyself.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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If God adds another day to our life let us receive it gladly.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Nothing is ours except time.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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One should count each day a separate life.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Success is not greedy as people think but insignificant. That's why it satisfies nobody.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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If you wish to fear nothing consider that everything is to be feared.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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There's one blessing only the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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For the great benefits of our being- our life health and reason-we look upon ourselves.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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When in fear it is safest to force the attack.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile endure awhile believe always and never turn back.Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?Marcus Annaeus Seneca