I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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He who is brave is free.
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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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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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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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