It shows greater self-control to refuse to withdraw oneself… - Seneca

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It shows greater self-control to refuse to withdraw oneself, and to do the same things as the crowd, but in a different way.

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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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I am endeavouring to live every day as if it were a complete life.

errant consilia nostra, quia non habent quo derigantur; ignoranti quem portum petat nullus suus ventus est.

This is our big mistake: to think we look forward to death. Most of death is already gone. Whatever time has passed is own by death.

It shows greater self-control to refuse to withdraw oneself, and to do the same things as the crowd, but in a different way. - Seneca

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