We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts-which someone can!
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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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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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
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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 mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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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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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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He that will do no good offices after a disappointment must stand still, and do just nothing at all. The plough goes on after a barren year; and while the ashes are yet warm, we raise a new house upon the ruins of a former.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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One hand washes the other.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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