Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.
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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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Consider an enemy may become a friend.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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Man is a reasoning Animal.
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Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.
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The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution
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What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either too cheap or too common; and all this is to gratify a fantastical palate.
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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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See what daily exercise does for one.
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How many discoveries are reserved for the ages to come when our memory shall be no more, for this world of ours contains matter for investigation for all generations.
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What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.
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Away with the world's opinion of you-it's always unsettled and divided.
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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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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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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.