Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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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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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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If you judge, investigate.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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To the stars through difficulties.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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