A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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