In every good man a God doth dwell.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIndolence is stagnation; employment is life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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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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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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