Seneca the Younger Quotes

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Seneca the Younger Quotes

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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman

Sad

“The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.”

Men Grief Philosophical

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Seneca the Younger

Philosopher, Statesman

Grateful

“A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.”

Done Benefits Birthday

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Sad

“Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.”

Want Philosophical

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Sad

“He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.”

Guilt Guilty

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Melancholic

“There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.”

Men Long Time

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Calm

“The true felicity of life is to be free from anxieties and pertubations; to understand and do our duties to God and man, and to enjoy the present without any serious dependence on the future.”

Life Happiness Future

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Philosophical

“The voice is nothing but beaten air.”

Voice Air

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Wise

“It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.”

Leadership Motivation

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Creative

“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 notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.”

Science Education Giving Up

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Spiritual

“What view is one likely to take of the state of a person's mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?”

Mind Views Speech

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Happy

“Life is most delightful on the downward slope.”

Life Is Aging

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Determined

“Lay hold of today's task, and you will not depend so much upon tomorrow's.”

Today Work

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