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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all you desire. - Seneca
" "You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all you desire.
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About Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.
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Native Name:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Alternative Names:
Seneca the Younger
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the Younger Seneca
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Lucio Anneo Seneca
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Annaeus Seneca
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
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L. Annæus Seneca
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
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I should prefer to be free from torture; but if the time comes when it must be endured, I shall desire that I may conduct myself therein with bravery, honour, and courage. Of course I prefer that war should not occur; but if war does occur, I shall desire that I may nobly endure the wounds, the starvation, and all that the exigency of war brings. Nor am I so mad as to crave illness; but if I must suffer illness, I shall desire that I may do nothing which shows lack of restraint, and nothing that is unmanly. The conclusion is, not that hardships are desirable, but that virtue is desirable, which enables us patiently to endure hardships.
To roam in open walks, that the soul may increase and lift itself up in the free air and with much spirit; sometimes travel and a change of country will give vigor, and marriage and more liberal drink. Sometimes even to the point of drunkenness, not that it drowns us, but that it depresses us: for it washes away cares and moves the mind from below, and, as with certain diseases, so it heals sadness.
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