There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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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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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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