No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERJust as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
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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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Luck never made a man wise.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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