How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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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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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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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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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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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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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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