All art is but imitation of nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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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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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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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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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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He who is brave is free.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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