We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn every good man a God doth dwell.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Men learn while they teach.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Time discovers truth.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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He who is brave is free.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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