Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.
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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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A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
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Lack of desire is the greatest riches.
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Death takes us piecemeal, not at a gulp.
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To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind.
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Man is a reasoning Animal.
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My joy in learning is partly that it enables me to teach.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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What a great blessing is a friend with a heart so trusty you may safely bury all your secrets in it.
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Nature does not bestow virtue; to be good is an art.
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How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?
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Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not be sprinkled with knowledge but steeped in it.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Consider an enemy may become a friend.
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A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty
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Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.
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Nature has made us passive, and to suffer is our lot. While we are in the flesh every man has his chain and his clog; only it is looser and lighter to one man than to another, and he is more at ease who takes it up and carries it than he who drags it.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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That comes too late that comes for the asking.
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That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this -- that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.