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The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#another #fault #find #give #great

While we are postponing, life speeds by. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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If you wished to be loved, love. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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