We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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He who is brave is free.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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