One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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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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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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Time discovers truth.
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One hand washes the other.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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