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Up Quotes by Seneca the Younger
- What's the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
- What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or…
- In war there is no prize for runner-up.
- 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…
- Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our…
- If you are bent on assuming a pose and never reveal yourself to anyone frankly, in the fashion of many who live a false life…
- Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
- Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear…
- A young man respects and looks up to his teachers.
- If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no…
- An age builds up cities: an hour destroys them.
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