Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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