The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWho timidly requests invites refusal.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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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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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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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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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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