Seneca

Seneca

"Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully express their bafflement at the darkness of the human mind. No person would give up even an inch of their estate, and the slightest dispute with a neighbor can mean hell to pay; yet we easily let others encroach on our lives—worse, we often pave the way for those who will take it over. No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers."
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"Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully express their bafflement at the darkness of the human mind. No person would give up even an inch of their estate, and the slightest dispute with a neighbor can mean hell to pay; yet we easily let others encroach on our lives—worse, we often pave the way for those who will take it over. No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers."
Seneca On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
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"“No man was ever wise by chance”"
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"“Non est ad astra mollis e terris via - There is no easy way from the earth to the stars”"
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"Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones."
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"Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life."
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"Friendship always benefits love sometimes injures."
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"Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life."
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"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."
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"All outdoors may be bedlam, provided there is no disturbance within."
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"Love of bustle is not industry."
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"The sun also shines on the wicked."
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"Vice can be learnt even without a teacher."
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"An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them."
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"Time discovered truth."
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"The sun shines even on the wicked."
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"Failure changes for the better success for the worse."
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"Speech is the index of the mind."
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"Whatever is well said by another is mine."
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"If you would wish another to keep your secret first keep it yourself."
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