Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhere fear is, happiness is not.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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