It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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