Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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