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“I have learned to be a friend to myself Great improvement this indeed Such a one can never be said to be alone for know that he who is a friend to himself is a friend to all mankind”

Life Philosophy Stoic

Book:Letters from a Stoic

Source: Letters from a Stoic

“And so when you see a man often wearing the robe of office, when you see one whose name is famous in the Forum, do not envy him; those things are bought at the price of life. They will waste all their years, in order that they may have one year reckoned by their name.”

Life Fame Envy Shortness Of Life

Author:Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and -what will perhaps make you wonder more - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.”

Life Death Time Learning Dying Living

Book:On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

Source: On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

“Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear.”

Life Fear Knowledge Ignorance

Book:Natural Questions

Source: Natural Questions

“The part of life we really live is small.' For all the rest of existence is not life, but merely time.”

Life Time Existence Living Quality Of Life

Author:Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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