Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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The foundation of the true joy is in the conscience.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.
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No choice maxims – we Stoics don’t practice that kind of window dressing.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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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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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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