Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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