We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Men learn while they teach.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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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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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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