All art is but imitation of nature.
SENECA THE YOUNGERPrecepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
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The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active employment.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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I have withdrawn not only from men, but from affairs, especially my own affairs; I am working for later generations, writing down some ideas that may be of assistance to them.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a few authors than to wander at random over many.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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