The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
SENECA THE YOUNGERFor many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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He who is brave is free.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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No one can be despised by another until he has learned to despise himself.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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