If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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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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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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After death there is nothing.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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