There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe part of life which we really live is short.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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The man who while he gives thinks of what he will get in return, deserves to be deceived.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.
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