The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLife without literary studies is death.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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