The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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 expression of truth is simplicity.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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Freedom can’t be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself; the soul is in heaven even while it is in the flesh, if it be purged of its natural corruptions, and taken up with divine thoughts, and contemplations.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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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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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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