Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
SENECA THE YOUNGERFor men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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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 first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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