The part of life which we really live is short.
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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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Every journey has an end.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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