Men learn while they teach.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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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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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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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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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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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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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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