Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.
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Let us cherish and love old age; for it is full of pleasure, if you know how to use it. The best morsel is reserved for last.
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Life is short and art is long.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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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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Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave. He is above, or at any rate, beyond the reach of, all political powers.
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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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You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
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Whereas a prolonged life is not necessarily better, a prolonged death is necessarily worse.
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No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.
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Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
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We are as answerable for what we give as for what we receive; nay, the misplacing of a benefit is worse than the not receiving of it; for the one is another person's fault, but the other is mine.
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Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.
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Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
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A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.