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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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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 is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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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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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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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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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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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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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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