While we are postponing, life speeds by.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe young man must store up, the old man must use.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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