Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
SENECA THE YOUNGERFor men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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