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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.”
“What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.”
“In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.”
“Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.”
“If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.”
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
“There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.”
“See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.”
“The articulate, trained voice is more distracting than mere noise.”
“The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.”
“It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.”
“To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.”
“Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.”