Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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One must steer, not talk.
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In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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If you judge, investigate.
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True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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If you wished to be loved, love.
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A great mind becomes a great fortune.
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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.
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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
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The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
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I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
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Love in its essence is spiritual fire.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
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Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got.
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Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.
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If you would judge, understand.
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No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
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No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
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I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?