Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA thousand approaches lie open to death.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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He who is brave is free.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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