There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDifficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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