Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca) (ca. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. While he was later forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors, he may have been innocent.

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	Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Robin Campbell (Translator) 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 2,072 ratings — published 65 — 54 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Shortness of Life by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, C.D.N. Costa (Translator) 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,082 ratings — published 56 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medea by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Frederick Ahl (Translator) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 330 ratings — published 1956 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Tragedies and Octavia by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, E.F. Watling (Translator) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 1966 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phaedra 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seneca's Thyestes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, R.J. Tarrant (Editor) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1982 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moral Essays, Volume I: de Providentia. de Constantia. de IRA. de Clementia 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1917	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Epistles 1-65 by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Richard M. Gummere (Translator), John W. Basore (Translator) 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 64 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seneca's Oedipus by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Ted Hughes 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 60 — 17 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seneca: Apocolocyntosis by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, P.T. Eden (Commentator) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 54 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

tags: perseverance, suicide, survival

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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing. The greatest blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach. A wise man is content with his lot, whatever it may be, without wishing for what he has not.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

tags: attitude, gratitude, happiness, inspirational-quotes, satisfaction

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“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Lucius Annaeus Seneca

tags: inspirational

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