Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhere reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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