Don’t stumble over something behind you.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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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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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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He who is brave is free.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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