This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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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 the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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