Tag: Seneca
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The Disgraceful Lawyer
How disgraceful is the lawyer whose dying breath passes while at court, at an advanced age, pleading for unknown litigants and still seeking the approval of ignorant spectators. – Seneca, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE
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What is Man? What is Your Life?
What is man? A vessel that the slightest shaking, the slightest toss will break… A body weak and fragile, naked, in its natural state defenceless, dependent upon another’s help and exposed to all the affronts of Fortune.” (Seneca, quoted in Alan de Botton’s The Consolations of Philosophy) The New Testament says something similar; the difference […]
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