The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe worse a person is the less he feels it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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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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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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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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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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