We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAs the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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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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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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After death there is nothing.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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What progress have I made? I am beginning to be my own friend. That is progress indeed
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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