Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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