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!
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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