Seneca the Younger Quotes
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When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong to him.
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Everything may happen.
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To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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Nihil tam acerbum est in quo non æquus animus solatium inveniat. There is nothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind can not find some solace for it.
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What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones.
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Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.
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It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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We pardon familiar vices.
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Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
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It is a youthful failing to be unable to control one's impulses.
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Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more that earthenware.
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A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.
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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.