It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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He who is brave is free.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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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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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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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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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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