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Famous Seneca the Younger Quotes
“There is nothing after death, and death itself is nothing.”
“The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.”
“Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.”
“A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once.”
“We have been born under a monarchy; to obey God is freedom.”
“Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.”
“The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.”
“God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.”
“There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.”
“What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing-to live in accord with his own nature.”
“Life's neither a good nor an evil: it's a field for good and evil.”
“We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it's past already.”
“You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.”
“Certain laws have not been written, but they are more fixed than all the written laws.”
“Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.”
“The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.”
“Obedience is yielded more readily to one who commands gently.”
“No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.”
“No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.”
“It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.”
“Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.”
“It is sweet to mingle tears with tears; Griefs, where they wound in solitude, Wound more deeply.”