Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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