Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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