Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe worse a person is the less he feels it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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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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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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