The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIndolence is stagnation; employment is life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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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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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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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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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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