Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROur (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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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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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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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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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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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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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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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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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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