Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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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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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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Life without literary studies is death.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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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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