There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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