Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGenius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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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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Men learn while they teach.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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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 grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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