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The only good therefore is virtue , who proudly marches between good and bad fortune , and treats them both alike with contempt . If you fancy , there is any good , but such as consists in what is right and fit , there is no virtue but ...
The only good therefore is virtue , who proudly marches between good and bad fortune , and treats them both alike with contempt . If you fancy , there is any good , but such as consists in what is right and fit , there is no virtue but ...
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All other things are light and changeable : therefore they are possessed with anxiety , though kind fortune heaped them all upon one man : they become a heavy burden to the owners , they always oppress them , and sometimes weigh them ...
All other things are light and changeable : therefore they are possessed with anxiety , though kind fortune heaped them all upon one man : they become a heavy burden to the owners , they always oppress them , and sometimes weigh them ...
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... but we add to him all external advantages : but in order to make a true estimate of man , and to know what he really is , view him in himself : let him lay aside his patrimony , his honours , and all the lying ornaments of fortune .
... but we add to him all external advantages : but in order to make a true estimate of man , and to know what he really is , view him in himself : let him lay aside his patrimony , his honours , and all the lying ornaments of fortune .
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... the reward proposed to us is not a simple coronet , a palm , or the trumpet commanding silence at the proclamation of our honour ; but virtue , strength of mind , and everlasting peace , if in any conflict we have subdued fortune .
... the reward proposed to us is not a simple coronet , a palm , or the trumpet commanding silence at the proclamation of our honour ; but virtue , strength of mind , and everlasting peace , if in any conflict we have subdued fortune .
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In the mean while adhere stedfastly to thefe precepts ; not to yield to affliction nor put your trust in prosperity ; to set the wbole power of fortune before your eyes ; and to suppose that she will do , what she can do .
In the mean while adhere stedfastly to thefe precepts ; not to yield to affliction nor put your trust in prosperity ; to set the wbole power of fortune before your eyes ; and to suppose that she will do , what she can do .
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Page 165 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 186 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 149 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 185 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 149 - Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
Page 87 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 200 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 144 - ... and dangers of the air and the earth, there are perils by water and perils by fire. This...
Page 144 - ... and virtuous men ; as may enable us to encounter the accidents of life with fortitude, and to conform ourfelves to the order of nature, who governs her great kingdom, the world, by continual mutations.
Page 142 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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| Title | The epistles of Lucius Annĉus Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, Volume 2 The epistles of Lucius Annĉus Seneca [tr.] with large annotations by T. Morell, Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| Author | Lucius Annaeus Seneca |
| Translated by | Thomas Morell |
| Published | 1786 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2006 |
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