Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo govern was to serve, not to rule.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Men learn while they teach.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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