All art is but imitation of nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAlthough a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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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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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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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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[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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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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