Seneca the Younger Quotes - Page 2

• Many things have fallen only to rise higher.

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  Motivational, Fallen, Higher

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• The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company

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  Men, Mind, Ability

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• He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

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  Refusal, Invites, Asks

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• The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it

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  Matter, Bears, Things That Matter

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• The best cure for anger is delay.

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  Wisdom, Delay, Cures

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• He is most powerful who governs himself.

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  Powerful, Most Powerful

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• As the mother's womb holds us for ten months, making us ready, not for the womb itself, but for life, just so, through our lives, we are making ourselves ready for another birth...Therefore look forward without fear to that appointed hour- the last hour of the body, but not of the soul...That day, which you fear as being the end of all things, is the birthday of your eternity.

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  Mother, Soul, Looks

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• If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.

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  Secret, Wish, Firsts

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• The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.

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  Quiet, Speak, Great Things

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• Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

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  Wisdom, Future, Way

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• If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

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  Fear, Fear Of The Unknown, Worth Living

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• We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.

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  Life, Procrastination, Acting

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• Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.

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  Inspirational, Wise, Men

  "On the Good Life". 26:1,

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• A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

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  Happy, Attitude, Men

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• Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

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  Quality, Inward, Looks

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• When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.

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  Life, Sick, Alive

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• What's the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Sad

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• Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.

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  Favour, Speak, Silent

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• We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

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  Motivational, Caring, Giving

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.

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  Adversity, Men, Fire

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• Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Thank You

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

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  Men, Wind, Goal

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• I don't trust liberals, I trust conservatives.

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  Trust, Philosophical, Don't Trust

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.

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  Inspirational, Fear, Motivation

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• You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

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  Inspirational, Appreciation, Character

  "Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LII)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1917.

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