The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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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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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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