When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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