To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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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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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After death there is nothing.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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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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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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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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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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