Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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After death there is nothing.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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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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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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