Seneca the Younger Quotes

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Seneca the Younger Quotes

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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman

Grateful

“The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.”

Inspirational Fall Optimistic

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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman

Curious

“I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.”

Book Mind Together

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Happy

“Learn how to feel joy.”

Joy Happiness

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Philosophical

“Real improvement is of slow growth only.”

Real Growth

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Calm

“It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.”

Insult Calumny Is Insulted

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Angry

“It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.”

Praise Provoking

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Hopeful

“He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.”

Native American All Alone

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Wise

“Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.”

Inspirational Action Our Words

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Philosophical

“There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.”

Care Effort Diligence

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Courageous

“For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.”

Men Freedom Simplicity

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Angry

“Throughout the whole of life one must continue to learn to live and what will amaze you even more, throughout life you must learn to die. Seneca (Roman philosopher)”

Death Whole Philosopher

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Grateful

“Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: " Is this the condition that I feared?"”

Numbers Fear Dresses

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