Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.
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The wise man then followed a simple way of life-which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.
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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.
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We must take care to live not merely a long life, but a full one; for living a long life requires only good fortune, but living a full life requires character. Long is the life that is fully lived; it is fulfilled only when the mind supplies its own good qualities and empowers itself from within.
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Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.
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As the world leads we follow.
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I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
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Let me therefore live as if every moment were to be my last.
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If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.
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Every journey has an end.
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The language of truth is unvarnished enough.
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Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.
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A good mind is a lord of a kingdom.
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Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet.
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It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
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It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.
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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.