Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.
Seneca the Younger
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Being married and having a child was not something I wanted, and I knew that at a very young age. I tend to be more solitary, and I'm truly a free spirit.
Patricia Clarkson
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The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
Carl Honore
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Es ist so bequem, unmündig zu sein. Habe ich ein Buch, das für mich Verstand hat, einen Seelsorger, der für mich Gewissen hat, einen Arzt, der für mich die Diät beurtheilt u. s. w., so brauche ich mich ja nicht selbst zu bemühen. Ich habe nicht nöthig zu denken, wenn ich nur bezahlen kann.
Immanuel Kant
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Nobody represents America’s values better than the American people, and I believe this contact will ultimately do more to empower the Cuban people.
Barack Obama
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Why don't you sit right down and stay awhile? We like the same things and I like your style Its not a secret; why do you keep it? I'm just sitting on the shelf
Zooey Deschanel
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Speaking our language, you will understand us-and if you can think as another man thinks, you cannot dislike him.
Jack Vance
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Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
Christopher Morley
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The European family may well be anything but perfect. But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom, and prosperity.
Jean-Claude Juncker
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Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.
Barbra Streisand
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Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.
Gene Tunney
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The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.
Seneca the Younger