It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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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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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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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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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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