Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBut when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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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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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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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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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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