Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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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Time is the greatest remedy for anger.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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The Germans, a race eager for war.
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Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity.
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Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
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Virtue is nothing else than right reason
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Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind.
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A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all the world know it. But if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it, so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Truth never perishes.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
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Many shed tears merely for show, and have dry eyes when no one's around to observe them.
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It is better to have useless knowledge than to know nothing.
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The most onerous slavery is to be a slave to oneself.
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It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
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Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.
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Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.