A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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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.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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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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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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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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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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