Seneca the Younger Quotes - Page 34

• The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

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  Travel, Men, Quiet

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• The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace.

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  Egypt, Thieves, Pleasure

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• I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge of the man.

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  Eye, Men, Judging

  "On the Happy Life". Essay by Seneca the Younger, 58 AD.

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• I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.

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  Inspirational, Ashamed, Ifs

  "On Tranquility of Mind" by Seneca the Younger,

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• Who can hope for nothing, should despair for nothing.

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  Hope, Despair, Should

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• He has committed the crime who profits by it.

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  Philosophical, Poverty, Crime

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• Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.

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  War, Men, Outcomes

  "The Madness of Hercules". Book by Seneca the Younger, circa 54 AD.

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• Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.

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  Thanksgiving, Sky, Earth

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• We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the sight of blood and suffering.

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  Life, Sight, Blood

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• As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever follows himself and weighs upon himself as his own most burdensome companion. And so we ought to understand that what we struggle with is the fault, not of the places, but of ourselves

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  Struggle, Men, Mind

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• True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

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  Strong, Praise, Thrive

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• It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.

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  Men, Medicine, Sick

  Epistulae ad Lucilium CIV

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• Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

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  Science, Giving, Firsts

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• No crime has been without a precedent.

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  Prison, Crime, Precedent

  "Hippolytus, DLIV". DLIV, 1st century.

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• Life is a play.It's not its length,but its performance that counts.

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  Inspirational, Life, Play

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• It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.

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  Book, Doe, Matter

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• No one can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.

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  Thinking, Climbing, Peaceful

  Epistulae ad Lucilium IV

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• He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.

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  Justice, May, Sides

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• There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.

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  Satisfaction, Companion

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 690-91, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium, VI, 1922.

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• The wish for healing has always been half of health.

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  Inspiration, Healing, Health

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• The fear of war is worse than war itself.

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  Military, War

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• The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.

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  Best Friend, Prayer, Inspirational Life

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• Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.

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  And Love, Ends, Prudence

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• When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.

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  Friendship, Eye, Tears

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• Expecting is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of tomorrow, it loses today.

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  Philosophical, Mindfulness, Today

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