To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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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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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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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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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Men learn while they teach.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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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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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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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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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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