It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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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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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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