Life without literary studies is death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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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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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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