Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe part of life which we really live is short.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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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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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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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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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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