Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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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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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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