The part of life which we really live is short.
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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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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