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Seneca. 8 b. c.-65 a. d

Not lost, but gone before.[714:6]

Epistolæ. 63, 16.

Whom they have injured they also hate.[714:7]

De Ira. ii. 33.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.[714:8]

De Providentia. 5, 9.

There is no great genius without a tincture of madness.[714:9]

De Tranquillitate Animi. 17.

Do you seek Alcides' equal? None is, except himself.[714:10]

Hercules Furens. i. 1, 84.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.[715:1]

Hercules Furens. 255.

A good man possesses a kingdom.[715:2]

Thyestes. 380.

I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.[715:3]

On a Happy Life. 2. (L' Estrange's Abstract, Chap. i.)