Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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He who is brave is free.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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