To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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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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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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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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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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