Epicurus says, “gratitude is a virtue that has commonly profit annexed to it.” And where is the virtue that has not? But still the virtue is to be valued for itself, and not for the profit that attends it.
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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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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To the stars through difficulties.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel…You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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