Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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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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Every journey has an end.
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