As long as you live, learn how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWho shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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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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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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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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