Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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If you judge, investigate.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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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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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Men learn while they teach.
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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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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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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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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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