Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDisease is not of the body but of the place.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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