If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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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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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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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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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The conquered have given laws to the conquerors.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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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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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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