Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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