Don’t stumble over something behind you.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLet not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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Men learn while they teach.
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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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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.
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