Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
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Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.
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No one is laughable who laughs at himself.
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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It is better, of course, to know useless things than to know nothing.
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In war there is no prize for runner-up.
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When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.
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Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
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He who is brave is free.
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Modesty forbids what the law does not.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
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Life is warfare.
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The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
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Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
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A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
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He that does good to another does good also to himself.