Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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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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He who is brave is free.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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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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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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