About Seneca
4 BC – 65
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist. His letters and essays on Stoic philosophy remain some of antiquity's most readable and practically applicable works.
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“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”
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“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”