If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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After death there is nothing.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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