If you want to determine the nature of anything, entrust it… - Seneca

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If you want to determine the nature of anything, entrust it to time: when the sea is stormy, you can see nothing clearly.

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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 • the Younger Seneca • Lucio Anneo Seneca • Annaeus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor • Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior • L. Annæus Seneca • Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger

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The primary indication of a well-ordered mind is a man’s ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

fidei acerrimus exactor est perfidus

Great also are the souls of the defenders—men who know that, as long as the path to death lies open, the blockade is not complete, men who breathe their last in the arms of liberty.

If you want to determine the nature of anything, entrust it to time: when the sea is stormy, you can see nothing clearly. - Seneca

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