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Seneca The Younger Inspirational Quotes (668)

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No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.
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Every change of place becomes a delight.
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A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty
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Good sides to adversity are best admired at a distance.
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The way to wickedness is always through wickedness.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.
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He who blushes at riding in a rattletrap, will boast when he rides in style.
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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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... frugality makes a poor man rich.
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We have been born under a monarchy to obey God is freedom.
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While we teach, we learn.
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Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.
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A foolishness is inflicted with a hatred of itself.
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You talk one way, you live another.
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A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is honest, let all the world know it. But if otherwise, what does it signify to have nobody else know it, so long as I know it myself? Miserable is he who slights that witness.
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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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Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.
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It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
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Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and soul. Speak as boldly with him as with yourself.
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Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
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