Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
SENECA THE YOUNGERMay be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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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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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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He who is brave is free.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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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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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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