The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNo choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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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 benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. -Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.
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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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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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