For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is quality rather than quantity that matters.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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