A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIgnorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Every journey has an end.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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