There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
SENECA THE YOUNGERUnjust dominion cannot be eternal.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One hand washes the other.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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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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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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