The sun shines even on the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGEREternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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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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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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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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