There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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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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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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