Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
SENECA THE YOUNGERA young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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What must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
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Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
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A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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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.
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