Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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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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We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
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There has not been any great talent without an element of madness. -Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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