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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Nothing becomes so offensive so quickly as grief. When fresh it finds someone to console it, but when it becomes chronic, it is ridiculed, and rightly. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Whatever is well said by another, is mine. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Nothing is void of God, his work is everywhere his full of himself. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse. ↗