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Wealth brings great anxiety, while with poverty come fierce resentments. Dependence on others puts you in their power, while care for others will snare you in the worldly attachments of affection. Follow the social rules, and they hem you
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“Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees.”
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“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.”
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“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
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“All cruelty springs from weakness.”
― Seneca's Morals: Of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
― Seneca's Morals: Of a Happy Life, Benefits, Anger and Clemency
Josh’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Josh’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
903 books
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