“To expel hunger and thirst there is no necessity of sitting in a palace and submitting to the supercilious brow and contumelious favour of the rich and great there is no necessity of sailing upon the deep or of following the camp What nature wants is every where to be found and attainable without much difficulty whereas require the sweat of the brow for these we are obliged to dress anew j compelled to grow old in the field and driven to foreign mores A sufficiency is always at hand”
Seneca“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage."— Seneca”
Seneca, Seneca: Das große Buch vom glücklichen Leben - Gesammelte Werke“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”
Seneca“We are members of one great body, planted by nature…. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole”
Seneca“Huius (sapientis) opus unum est de divinis humanisque verum invenire; ab hac numquam recedit religio, pietas, iustitia ...”
Seneca“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.”
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