While we are postponing, life speeds by.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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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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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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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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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.” “True happiness is … to enjoy the present” “It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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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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Luck never made a man wise.
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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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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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