We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLight is that grief which counsel can allay.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Time discovers truth.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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