Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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