Seneca
Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright
Lived from: 5 - 65
Category: Politics | Philosophers | Writers (Contemporary)
Quotes 21 till 40 of 182.
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A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
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All art is an imitation of nature.
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All cruelty springs from weakness.
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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
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Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
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As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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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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Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
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Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.
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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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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.
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Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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Disease is not of the body but of the place.
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Do everything as in the eye of another.
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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
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Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
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Epictetus
Plotinus
