Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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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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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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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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