Seneca quotes - page 8

This spirit thrusts itself forward, confident of commendation and esteem. It is superior to all, monarch of all it surveys; hence it should be subservient to nothing, finding no task too heavy, and nothing strong enough to weigh down the shoulders of a man. (Seneca)
Then it is that the height of unhappiness is reached, when men are not only attracted, but even pleased, by shameful things, and when there is no longer any room for a cure, now that those things which once were vices have become habits. View quote
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Whoever complains about the death of anyone, is complaining that he was a man. Everyone is bound by the same terms: he who is privileged to be born, is destined to die. View quote
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The wise man is joyful, happy and calm, unshaken, he lives on a plane with the gods. View quote
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Would not anyone who is a man have his slumbers broken by a war-trumpet rather than by a chorus of serenaders? View quote
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Marcet sine adversario virtus. View quote
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Besides, he who is feared, fears also; no one has been able to arouse terror and live in peace of mind. View quote
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Socrates is reported to have replied, when a certain person complained of having received no benefit from his travels: "It serves you right! You travelled in your own company!”. View quote
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live. And often this living nobly means that you cannot live long. View quote
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As our acts and our thoughts are, so will our lives be. View quote
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Is it for this purpose that we are strong-that we may have light burdens to bear? (Seneca)
Pain he endures, death he awaits. View quote
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So near at hand is freedom, and is anyone still a slave? View quote
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But the wise man knows that all things are in store for him. Whatever happens, he says: "I knew it.”. View quote
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He knows his own strength; he knows that he was born to carry burdens. View quote
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Whatever can happen at any time can happen today. View quote
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Fortune has taken away, but Fortune has given. View quote
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There is no sorrow in the world, when we have escaped from the fear of death. View quote
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Let us greedily enjoy our friends, because we do not know how long this privilege will be ours. View quote
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I am endeavouring to live every day as if it were a complete life. View quote
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We are weak, watery beings standing in the midst of unrealities; therefore let us turn our minds to the things that are everlasting. (Seneca)
Our luxuries have condemned us to weakness; we have ceased to be able to do that which we have long declined to do. View quote
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No man ought to glory except in that which is his own. View quote
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It is the quality of a great soul to scorn great things and to prefer that which is ordinary rather than that which is too great. View quote
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It is disgraceful, instead of proceeding ahead, to be carried along, and then suddenly, amid the whirlpool of events, to ask in a dazed way: "How did I get into this condition?”. View quote
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