A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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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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