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?
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Ignorant 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.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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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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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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