It is only the surprise and newness of the thing which makes that misfortune terrible which by premeditation might be made easy to us. For that which some people make light by sufferance, others do by foresight.
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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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Men learn while they teach.
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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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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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