It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDon’t stumble over something behind you.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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