Where fear is, happiness is not.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe expression of truth is simplicity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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