We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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He who is brave is free.
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A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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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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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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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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