That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERGo on and increase in valor, O boy! this is the path to immortality.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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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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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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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Every journey has an end.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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After death there is nothing.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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