The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDisease is not of the body but of the place.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Men learn while they teach.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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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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It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
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