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Lxxiv: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Unum est levamentum malorum pati et necessitatibus suis obsequi. One alleviation in misfortune is to endure and submit to necessity.— SENECA — De Ira. III. 16.

Vitæ est avidus quisquis non vult Mundo secum pereunte mori. He is greedy of life who is not willing to die when the world is perishing around him.— S. SENECA — Thyestes. 882.

Quoniam id fieri quod vis non potest Id velis quod possis. As you can not do what you wish, you should wish what you can do.— TERENCE — Andria. II. 1. 6.