You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you wish to be loved, love.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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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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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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