Seneca quotes - page 19

The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity. (Seneca)
We are so vain as to set the highest value upon those things to which nature has assigned the lowest place. What can be more coarse and rude in the mind than the precious metals, or more slavish and dirty than the people that dig and work them And yet they defile our minds more than our bodies, and make the possessor fouler than the artificer of them. Rich men, in fine, are only the greater slaves. View quote
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods. View quote
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Without an adversary prowess shrivels. We see how great and efficient it really is only when it shows by endurance what it is capable of. View quote
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Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue. View quote
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Disease is not of the body but of the place. View quote
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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. View quote
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What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature. View quote
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The soul has this proof of its divinity that divine things delight in it. View quote
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An action will not be right unless the will be right for from thence is the action derived. Again, the will will not be right unless the disposition of the mind be right for from thence comes the will. View quote
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It goes far toward making a man faithful to let him understand that you think him so and he that does but suspect I will deceive him, gives me a sort of right to do so. (Seneca)
All things are cause for either laughter or weeping. View quote
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What must be shall be and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that struggles. View quote
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell. View quote
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This body is not a home, but an inn And that only for a short time. View quote
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The articulate voice is more distracting than mere noise. View quote
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Truth never perishes. View quote
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It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant. View quote
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. View quote
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent. View quote
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed. (Seneca)
Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers. View quote
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It is sometimes pleasant even to act like a madman. Aliquando et insanire iucundum est. View quote
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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature. View quote
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Unjust dominion cannot be eternal. View quote
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