Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPeople do not die – they kill themselves.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Every journey has an end.
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He who is brave is free.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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