Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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