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Quotations by author » Seneca
Roman philosopher, mid-1st century AD
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The pleasures of the palate deal with us like the Egyptian thieves, who strangle those whom they embrace
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The pressure of adversity does not affect the mind of the brave man... It is more powerful than external circumstances.
Adversity
The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company
Ability
The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.
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The senate chamber is not open to all; the army, too, is scrupulous in choosing those whom it admits to toil and danger. But a noble mind is free to all men.
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The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed
GiftsSpirit
The sun also shines on the wicked
Evil
The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
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The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and perturbations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future
Happiness
The true gentleman spnds a lifetime in careful thought, but not a day in worrying.
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The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to the exclusion of all serious business
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The whole world is my native land
World
The willing, Destiny guides them; the unwilling, Destiny drags them
Destiny
There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.
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There are more things, Lucilius, that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality
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There are no greater wretches in the world than many of those whom people in general take to be happy
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There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow
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There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich.
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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn as in doing it.
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There is no delight in owning anything unshared.
Sharing
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