If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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