Death 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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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