The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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He who is brave is free.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Hardly a man will you find who could live with his door open.
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