Seneca
Seneca
amuse anxious dependence duties either enjoy god happiness hopes ourselves rest satisfied sufficient toward true understand
True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient
close either god openly placed whatever
Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us or close to us.
god heard men saw
So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
learn learning life
We learn not in the school, but in life
costs hunger pride tis
Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride
canadian-politician
We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.
future injure pleasures
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
separate
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
choose death depart house life propose select shall
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
forced together wicked withdraw
We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself
cured delay reason time
Give yourself time and room; what reason could not avoid, delay has often cured
himself power powerful
He is most powerful who has power over himself
advice life terrify worth
If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
forgive forgiveness inhuman none
To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none