“I should prefer that Fortune keep me in her camp rather than in the lap of luxury. If I am tortured, but bear it bravely, all is well; if I die, but die bravely, it is also well.”
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Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.
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politics · Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BC–AD 65) · playwright · poet · philosopher · aphorist · statesperson · politician · writer · naturalist · consul · also Seneca, Seneca the Younger, Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, L. Annæus Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
Born 4 BC · Died 12 April 0065 · Q2054
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Of all these experiences that seem so frightful, none is insuperable. Separate trials have been over- come by many: fire by Mucius, crucifixion by Regulus, poison by Socrates, exile by Rutilius, and a sword-inflicted death by Cato; therefore, let us also overcome something.
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2026· 30 entries
“Of all these experiences that seem so frightful, none is insuperable. Separate trials have been over- come by many: fire by Mucius, crucifixion by Regulus, poison by Socrates, exile by Rutilius, and a sword-inflicted death by Cato; therefore, let us also overcome something.”
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“You must go now, fellow-soldiers, to yonder place, whence there is no ‘must’ about your returning!”
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“it is my lot; it is rough and it is hard, but I must work diligently at the task.”
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“s murder of Britannicus, perhaps to assure the citizenry that the murder was the end, not the beginning of bloodshed. On Clemency is a work which, although it flatters Nero, was intended to show the correct (Stoic) path of virtue for a ruler. Tacitus and Dio suggest that Nero”
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“s accession speeches in which he promised to restore proper legal procedure and authority to the Senate. He also composed the eulogy for Claudius that Nero delivered at the funeral. Seneca”
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WGRZ: Crews on scene in West Seneca of a large shed fire with possible propane tanks inside
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Finger Lakes Daily News: Waterloo Man Arrested On Seneca Falls Bench Warrant
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2020· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim ““Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.” Mostly True.
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2010· 1 entry
Motto, Anna Lydia, "Seneca on Death and Immortality", The Classical Journal, Vol
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1966· 1 entry
Argued that the negative image has been based almost entirely on Suillius's account, while many others who might have lauded him have been lost
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1965· 15 entries
“Magna servitus est magna fortuna.”
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“The customs of that most criminal nation have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.”
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“Carere patria intolerabile est. (łac.)”
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“Amicitia semper prodest, amor aliquando etiam nocet”
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“Cui prodest (scelus, is fecit) (łac.)”
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“Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent. (łac.)”
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“Opis: przed wydaniem sądu.”
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“Cui prodest scelus, is fecit.”
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“Dla chorego i miód jest gorzki.”
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“Człowiek jest dla człowieka świętością.”
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“Quod non vetat lex, hoc vetat fieri pudor. (łac.)”
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“Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, a tergo nostra sunt. (łac.)”
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“Co człowiek posiada najlepszego, to leży poza zasięgiem potęgi ludzkiej i ani nie może być dane, ani zabrane.”
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“Cnoty nie można nikomu zabronić, jest ona dla wszystkich otwarta.”
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“Chwalebnie jest czynić to, co należy, a nie to, co wolno.”
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0065· 1 entry
Died 0065-04-12.
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