I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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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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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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