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Seneca Quotes

«This winter, [North Carolina has] had one heck of a spat of cold weather,»
Author: Seneca
«Carey's a tough team; they gave us a run for our money,»
Author: Seneca
«One should count each day a separate life.»
Author: Seneca
«The true gentleman spnds a lifetime in careful thought, but not a day in worrying.»
Author: Seneca
«I can lay down for mankind a rule in concise form for our duties in human relationships: all that you behold, that which comprises both god and man, is one - we are the parts of one great body.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: comprise, comprises, concise
«For man is a reasoning animal. Therefore, man's highest good is attained if he has fulfilled the good for which nature designed him at birth. And what is it which this reason demands of him? The easiest thing in the world: to live in accordance with his own nature.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: accordance, at birth
«Suppose a man has a retinue of comely slaves and a beautiful house, that his farm is large and large his income; none of these things is in the man himself; they are all on the outside. Praise the quality in him which cannot be given or snatched away, that which is the peculiar property of the man.»
Author: Seneca
«We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.»
Author: Seneca
«To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.»
Author: Seneca
«Nothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself.»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: beneficial