One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
SENECA THE YOUNGERVirtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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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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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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