Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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