True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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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 philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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