In every good man a God doth dwell.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPeople do not die – they kill themselves.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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