Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
Quotes to Explore
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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You get more insight as you get older, on everything.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
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It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
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I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
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Death seems to be a long way off. Is this not shallow thinking? It is worthless and is only a joke within a dream. It will not do to think in such a way and be negligent. Insofar as death is always at one's door, one should make sufficient effort and act quickly.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them.
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I'm at the right age to work with dead people, but you have to be smart to be a CSI.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second.
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I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008
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Small habits well pursued betimesMay reach the dignity of crimes.
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The will of the people is the best law.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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The man was either foolish or fearless. Assuming there was a difference.
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The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.
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The zeal which begins with hypocrisy must conclude in treachery at first it deceives, at last it betrays.
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The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.
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Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
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What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation.
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We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
