On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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That 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.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Time discovers truth.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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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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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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