The geat blessing of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.
SenecaImperare sibi maximum imperium est
Senecadistringit librorum multitudo
(the abundance of books is distraction)
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The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.
SenecaPomozi onome koji nosi teret a ne onome
koji ga spušta pored tebe.
Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
SenecaTag: life inspirational
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Religion is regarded by the ignorant as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
SenecaPutting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow, and loses today. You are arranging what lies in Fortune's control, and abandoning what lies in yours. What are you looking at? To what goal are you straining? The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.
Senecathe fates lead those who will those who won't they drag.
SenecaBecause thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.
SenecaTag: friendship letters company
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