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		kthejoker2 on Nov 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Business questions engineers should ask when inter... Let's give props to Seneca: For we are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major portion of death has already passed. Whatever years be behind us are in death’s hands. https://www.lettersfromastoic.net/letter-1/

vitomd on Nov 10, 2017 [–]

I could add another from Seneca: 'For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them ' A compilation of some great Stoic quotes http://arandomquote.com/categories/stoic/

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