The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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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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All art is but imitation of nature.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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