If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDrunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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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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