Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity
Seneca
Live among men as if God beheld you speak to God as if men were listening.
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Live with men as if God saw you converse with God as if men heard you.
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Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
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Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
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True happiness is to understand our duties toward God and man; to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence on the future; not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears, but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is abundantly sufficient
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Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy
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God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded
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In every good man a God dwell
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Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us or close to us
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God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future
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