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.
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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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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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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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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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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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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