Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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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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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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