Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWatch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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His head was turned by too great success.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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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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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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