No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTrue happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo live is not a blessing, but to live well.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIgnorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAlthough a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
SENECA THE YOUNGERVirtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe 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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