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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERChoose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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Men learn while they teach.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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