Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSuch as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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