In every good man a God doth dwell.
SENECA THE YOUNGERReligion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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