There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
SENECA THE YOUNGERRevenge is an inhuman word.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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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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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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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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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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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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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Time discovers truth.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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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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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Watch over yourself. Be your own accuser, then your judge; ask yourself grace sometimes, and, if there is need, impose upon yourself some pain.
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