The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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