We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhen one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One hand washes the other.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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