It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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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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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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