How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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After death there is nothing.
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