“The conclusion is, not that hardships are desirable, but…” Seneca the Younger

All art is but imitation of nature.
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXV: On the first cause, Line 3.
- Art
Once again prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right and fear oppresses law.
Hercules Furens (The Madness of Hercules), lines 251-253; (Amphitryon)
- Morality
No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter IV: On the terrors of death, Line 4.
- Life & Death

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