True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe 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!
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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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If you wish to be loved, love.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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He who is brave is free.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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