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Selections from the Writings of Seneca It suffices God that he be worshiped and loved; love cannot be mixed with fear. What thou hast learned, confirm by doing. A great and holy spirit, it is true, holds converse with us, but it cleaves to its origin. ers. Let the young reverence and look up to their teach How wisely you live is an important matter: not, how long. It is not a good thing to live; it is, to live wisely. He who would live for himself must live for others. He who has much covets more. No one is worthy riches. of God save him who contemns Dare to contemn riches and thus to make thyself worthy of God. The shortest road to riches is to contemn riches. Not he who has little but he who covets more is poor. Thin is the texture of a lie; it is easily seen through if closely examined. The praise is not in Ihe deed but in tinway done. it is To be master of one s self is the greatest mastery. One cause of the evils of our time is that we live
Selections from the Writings of Seneca after the example of others. We are not guided by reason but led astray by custom. Money never made anybody rich. Why did God create the world? He is good; a good being feels no aversion to anything that is good. Therefore He made the world as good as possible. Quoted from Plato. Some of our time is filched from us, some is stolen outright, some passes unnoticed. But most reprehen sible of all things is to lose it by mere negligence; and if you will note carefully, men spend a great part of life in doing evil, the greatest part in doing nothing the whole of it doing something else than they ought. Whom will you name that places any value on time? Who prizes a day? Who realizes that he is dying daily? For we err when we regard death as something in the future; a great part of it has already passed; the por tion of our life that is behind us, death holds. Do, therefore, Lucilius, what you write that you are doing, husband every hour; you will be less dependent upon to-morrow if you seize to=day. Everything else be longs to others, time only is ours, There is a great difference between not wanting to sin and not knowing how. If thou wouldst get rid of thy vices keep bad company. He worships God who knows Him. out of No one commits wrongs for himself alone; he com es
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SENECA: HIS CHARACTER AND ENVIRONME
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Appendix VOLUME III. De E apud Delp
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