It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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 person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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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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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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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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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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One hand washes the other.
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A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
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