The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
SENECA THE YOUNGERA man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not know how to use anything) but lacks everything.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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