Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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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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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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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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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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