It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn’t just fall to a person’s lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn’t go to anyone other than oneself to find her.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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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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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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