Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
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Why does no one confess his sins? Because he is yet in them. It is for a man who has awoke from sleep to tell his dreams.
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He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
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That comes too late that comes for the asking.
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We are sure to get the better of fortune if we do but grapple with her.
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Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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This is the reason we cannot complain of life: it keeps no one against his will.
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You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.
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Life is short and art is long.
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Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.
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To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
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A disease is farther on the road to being cured when it breaks forth from concealment and manifests its power.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Man is a reasoning Animal.
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You find in some a sort of graceless modesty, that makes them ashamed to requite an obligation.
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Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it cannot be severe, and if severe it cannot be prolonged.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Demand not that I am the equal of the greatest, only that I am better than the wicked.
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If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live a false life that is all made up for show; for it is torturous to be constantly watching oneself and be fearful of being caught out of our usual role. And we are never free from concern if we think that every time anyone looks at us he is always taking-our measure; for many things happen that strip off our pretence against our will, and, though all this attention to self is successful, yet the life of those who live under a mask cannot be happy and without anxiety.
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War I abhor, and yet how sweet The sound along the marching street Of drum and fife, and I forget Wet eyes of widows, and forget Broken old mothers, and the whole Dark butchery without a soul.