We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROne who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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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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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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