Seneca the Younger Quotes
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A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Fine conduct is always spontaneous.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in order to have enough....You geometers can calculate the area of circles, can reduce any given shape to a square, can state the distances separating starts. Nothing's outside your scope when it comes to measurement. Well, if you're such an expert, measure a man's soul; tell me how large or how small that is. You can define a straight line; what use is that to you if you've no idea what straightness means in life?
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Real improvement is of slow growth only.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.
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Small sorrows speak great ones are silent.
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The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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If I only have the will to be grateful, I am so.
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Don't stumble over something behind you.
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Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.
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He who is penitent is almost innocent.
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While the fates permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.
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Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our sorrows, and counsels us in all extremities. Nay, if there were no other comfort in it than the pare exercise of so generous a virtue, even for that single reason a man would not be without it; it is a sovereign antidote against all calamities - even against the fear of death itself.
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What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
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Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.
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Golden roofs break men's rest.
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Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing.
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The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.
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No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.