Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDeath is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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