Bibliothēca
Seneca
Intermediate · 36 chapters · 2,995 words · 572 glosses in the margin
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- ITEMPUSthe one thing that is truly ours
- IIIGNISwhy hardship is the making of us
- IIIGAUDIUMthe joy that lasts
- IVFĀTUMgo willingly, and be free
- VHOMŌevery stranger is a brother
- VIMODUSa full life, not a long one
- VIIVĪTAlife is long enough
- VIIIUBĪQUEgo deep, not wide
- IXŌTIUMfill your free time, or it kills you
- XLĪBERTĀSthe only free man rules himself
- XIAMĪCITIAto have a friend, be one
- XIICORPUSrule the body, do not serve it
- XIIITEMPUSclaim your hours back
- XIVTURBAthe crowd will remake you — withdraw
- XVMORSyou are dying now — so live now
- XVIAUDĀCIAdaring makes the hard thing easy
- XVIIĪRAwait — and the anger dies
- XVIIIDISCERE VĪVEREthe art of a lifetime
- XIXSERVĪhe is a man — treat him as one
- XXPRŌVIDENTIAhardship is virtue's training-ground
- XXIBREVITĀS VĪTAEyou were not given a short life — you made it short
- XXIIEPISTULA Iend where the Letters begin
- XXIIIPAUPERthe greedy man is the poor one
- XXIVDĪVESpeace with little is true wealth
- XXVSPĪRITUSthe god within you
- XXVIAMĀto be loved, love
- XXVIIHŪMĀNITĀSbe kind — our time is short
- XXVIIIMĪLITIAto live is to stand your post
- XXIXPATIENTIAbear what you cannot change
- XXXSCHOLAlearn for living, not for show
- XXXIEXEMPLAshow the way, don't just describe it
- XXXIIDOCĒREto teach is to learn twice
- XXXIIIPHILOSOPHIAphilosophy is what you do
- XXXIVNĀTŪRAthe happy life follows nature
- XXXVBENE VĪVEREnot living, but living well
- XXXVIFORTŪNAthe golden cage is still a cage