What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

Quote by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

Whatever is well said by another, is mine.

Whatever is well said by another, is mine.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind...

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind...

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one...

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one...