In every good man a God doth dwell.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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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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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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