Seneca the Younger Quotes

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Seneca the Younger Quotes

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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman

Optimistic

“Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth.”

Littles Liberty Freedom

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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman

Courageous

“The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity.”

Men Two Adversity

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Angry

“He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it.”

Doe Philosophical

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Sad

“What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.”

Men Ungrateful

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Grateful

“Nothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself. . . . . . No good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to share it.”

Real Matter Please Me

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Anxious

“Death: There's nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it-the fear of it.”

Fear

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Courageous

“Servitude seizes on few, but many seize on her.”

Servitude

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Angry

“Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?”

Philosophy Virtue

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Creative

“You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus and all the other high priests of liberal studies, and Aristotle and Theophrastus. None of these will be too busy to see you, none of these will not send his visitor away happier and more devoted to himself, none of these will allow anyone to depart empty-handed. They are at home to all mortals by night and by day.”

Home Night Wish

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Melancholic

“Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept.”

World Matter History

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Melancholic

“There is a noble manner of being poor, and who does not know it will never be rich.”

Doe Philosophical

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Anxious

“The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.”

Inspirational Motivation

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