Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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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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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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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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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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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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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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