Seneca the Younger Quotes
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True friends are the whole world to one another; and he that is a friend to himself is also a friend to mankind. Even in my studies the greatest delight I take is of imparting it to others; for there is no relish to me in the possessing of anything without a partner.
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I don’t mind citing a bad author if the line is good.
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It is better to have useless knowledge than to know nothing.
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Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.
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Full of men, vacant of friends.
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The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person.
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All things are cause for either laughter or weeping.
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The way to good conduct is never too late.
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Death is a release from and an end of all pains.
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Who is everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
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The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.
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The foremost art of Kings is the power to endure hatred.
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Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.
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Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
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Men love their vices and hate them at the same time.
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Time is the greatest remedy for anger.
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It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity.
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Praise thyself never.
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No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.
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Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
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No good thing is pleasant without friends to share it.
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Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
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Love of action is not industry.
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Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.