The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe expression of truth is simplicity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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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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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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All art is but imitation of nature.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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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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