The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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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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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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