Be harsh with yourself at times.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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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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It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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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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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life – in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
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