The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.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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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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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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All art is but imitation of nature.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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