Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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He who is brave is free.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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