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Philosophy Quotes by Seneca the Younger
- Philosophy takes as her aim the state of happiness...she shows us what are real and what are only apparent evils. She strips men's minds of…
- In my own time there have been inventions of this sort, transparent windows tubes for diffusing warmth equally through all parts of a building short-hand,…
- Philosophy's power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.
- Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
- When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that 'he hadn't come…
- Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.
- People do not die - they kill themselves.
- The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
- Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel...You are called in to help the unhappy.
- Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
- Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
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