It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIf you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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