We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
SENECA THE YOUNGERPersistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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