Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Nationality: Roman

Occupation: Statesman

Biography: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca or Seneca the Younger) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. While he was later forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, he may have been innocent.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“All cruelty springs from weakness.”

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Source/Notes: De Vita Beata (On the Happy Life): cap. 3, line 4
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“Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.”

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“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”

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

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“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”

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Source/Notes: Seneca: Epistulae morales (1996 edition), Loeb Classical Library
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“Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.”

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“Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.”

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“Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.”

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Source/Notes: Seneca (1970 edition)
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“Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.”

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“Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.”

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

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“Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.”

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“Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.”

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“Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.”

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