Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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