Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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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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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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He who is brave is free.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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