Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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