To be everywhere; is to nowhere.
SenecaTo be everywhere; is to be nowhere
SenecaConversation has a kind of charm about it, an insinuating and insidious something that elicits secrets just like love or liquor.
SenecaIt's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare not venture that they are difficult.
SenecaTo expel hunger and thirst there is no necessity of sitting in a palace and submitting to the supercilious brow and contumelious favour of the rich and great there is no necessity of sailing upon the deep or of following the camp What nature wants is every where to be found and attainable without much difficulty whereas require the sweat of the brow for these we are obliged to dress anew j compelled to grow old in the field and driven to foreign mores A sufficiency is always at hand
SenecaI have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be alone for know that he who is a friend to himself is a friend to all mankind
SenecaTag: life philosophy stoic
For we are not summoned according to the paristi register And besides there is no man so old as to make it sinful to expect another day. Now every day is another step in life.
Senecathat you would not anticipate misery since the evils you dread as coming upon you may perhaps never reach you at least they are not yet come Thus some things torture us more than they ought, some before they ought and some which ought never to torture us at all. We heighten our pain either by presupposing a cause or anticipation
SenecaTag: philosophy
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
SenecaBelieve me if you consult philosophy she will persuade you not to lit so long at your counting desk
SenecaTag: philosophy
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