To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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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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