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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

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"That grief is light which can take counsel."

"Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself."

"A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts."

"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers."

"Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it."

"When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill."

"A great mind becomes a great fortune."

"If you wished to be loved, love."

"Love in its essence is spiritual fire."

"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."

"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."

"No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it."

"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."

"Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like an earthen pot: only when it is shattered, does it manifest its emptiness."

"Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism."

"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."

"God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is."

"Every sin is the result of a collaboration."

"Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God."

"Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends."

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