The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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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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He who is brave is free.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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