I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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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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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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