The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThis body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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If you judge, investigate.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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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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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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