There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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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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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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