We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who is brave is free.
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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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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Men learn while they teach.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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