The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIn the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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