Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than 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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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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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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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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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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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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