We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGERUnblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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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 part of life which we really live is short.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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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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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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