In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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That poverty is no disaster is understood by everyone who has not yet succumbed to the madness of greed and luxury that turns everything topsy-turvy.
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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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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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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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