Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThose who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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He who is brave is free.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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