Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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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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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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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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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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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.
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