They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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If you judge, investigate.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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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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Time discovers truth.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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