Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Go on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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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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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Time discovers truth.
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