When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDesultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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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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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal.
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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Men learn while they teach.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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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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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
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