It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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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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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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