Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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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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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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He who is brave is free.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Time discovers truth.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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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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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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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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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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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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