The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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