Bears Quotes by Seneca the Younger

10 Bears quotes by Seneca the Younger

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Seneca’s bear observations come in ten short sayings, each echoing his Stoic philosophy. The collection offers a succinct glimpse of how he applied reason to the natural world.

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

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Let us bear with magnanimity whatever it is needful for us to bear.

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Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.

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True love hates and will not bear delay.

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Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.

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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.

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To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.

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Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in…

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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without;…

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Cato, being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow, quietly said to him, "A contest between us is very unequal, for…

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Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

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To rule yourself is the ultimate power

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Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

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After death there is nothing.

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Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.

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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.

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