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We should sometimes try to look upon our possessions in the light in which they would appear if we had lost them. ~Schopenhauer

When that renowned Pittacus, whose fame for bravery and for wisdom and justice was great, was entertaining some guests, his wife entered in a rage and upset the table; his guests were dismayed, but Pittacus said, "Every one of us has some trouble. He that has only mine is doing very well indeed."

Why wait until there is nothing left for you to crave? That time will never come. We say that there is a succession of causes from which fate is put together. There is likewise a succession of desires: one is born from the end of another. ~Seneca

"He didn't live as long as he might have." And some books contain few lines, but are admirable and useful in spite of their size. Then there are the Annals of Tanusius--you know how ponderous the book is, and what people say about it. The long life of a certain sort of person is like that--a kind of Annals of Tanusius! ~Seneca

When you see someone groveling before another man, or flattering him contrary to his own opinion, you can confidently say he is not free. People who do these things for petty ends you can call petty slaves, while those who do them for grand purposes can be called mega slaves, as they deserve. ~Epictetus