Seneca the Younger
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17 quotes we’ve traced to Seneca the Younger
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life”
Verified“Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave has had kings among his ancestors”
Verified“If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him”
Verified“If you wish to be loved, love”
Verified“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it”
Verified“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor”
Verified“Let us see to it that the recollection of those whom we have lost becomes a pleasant memory to us”
Verified“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can”
Verified“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
Verified“When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind”
Verified“You do not know where death awaits you; so be ready for it everywhere”
Verified“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials”
Disputed“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it's stored than to anything on which it's poured”
Disputed“He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself”
Disputed“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened”
Disputed“If a man does not know to what port he is sailing, no wind is favorable”
Disputed“There Is No Right Way to Do the Wrong Thing”
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