To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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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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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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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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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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