I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhy do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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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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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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One hand washes the other.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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