It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhy will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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After death there is nothing.
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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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The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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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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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Drunkenness is simply voluntary insanity.
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