One hand washes the other.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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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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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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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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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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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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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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