There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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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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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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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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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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