Don’t stumble over something behind you.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA great fortune is a great slavery.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Men learn while they teach.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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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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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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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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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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