If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
(Epistles)

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If one doesn't know his mistakes, he won't want to correct them.

Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter XXVIII: On Travel as a Cure for Discontent)

Men learn while they teach.

Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter VII: On Crowds)

If you are wise, mingle these two elements: do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.

Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter CIV: On Despising Death)

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