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Be not dazzled by beauty, but ...

Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Greatness stands upon a precip...

Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Precepts are the rules by whic...

Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Precepts are like seeds; they ...

Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Shun no toil to make yourself ...

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.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

That day which you fear as bei...

That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

This life is only a prelude to...

This life is only a prelude to eternity.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

The mind unlearns with difficu...

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

It is often better not to see ...

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

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

What-so-ever the mind has orda...

What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

The first proof of a well-orde...

The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

All we see and admire today wi...

All we see and admire today will burn in the universal fire that ushers in a new, just, happy world.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

When some state or other offer...

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 to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.' Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: 'It's not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.' Give your whole mind to her.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

No man is more unhappy than he...

No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Wisdom allows nothing to be go...

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

True praise comes often even t...

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Nature does not reveal all her...

Nature does not reveal all her secrets at once. We imagine we are initiated in her mysteries: we are, as yet, but hanging around her outer courts.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Teach the art of living well....

Teach the art of living well.

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

...the geometrician teaches me...

...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a man needs in order to have enough....You geometers can calculate the area of circles, can reduce any given shape to a square, can state the distances separating starts. Nothing's outside your scope when it comes to measurement. Well, if you're such an expert, measure a man's soul; tell me how large or how small that is. You can define a straight line; what use is that to you if you've no idea what straightness m

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

Who-only let him be a man and ...

Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?

Seneca the Younger 188 quotes

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