Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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Such 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.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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