Life is long if you know how to use it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIndolence is stagnation; employment is life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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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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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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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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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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