Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe expression of truth is simplicity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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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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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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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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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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