Marcus Annaeus Seneca (54 BC – c. AD 39), often known as Seneca the Rhetorician or Seneca the Elder, was a Roman authority on the history and techniques of oratory. He was the father of the stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger (Lucius) who was tutor of Nero and grandfather of Lucan.
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“All art is an imitation of nature.”
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“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
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“A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.”
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“The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective.”
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“There's some end at last for the man who follows a path; mere rambling is interminable.”
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“The mind is slow to unlearn what it learnt early.”
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“Failure changes for the better, success for the worse.”
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“It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess.”
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“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”
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“Know this, that he that is a friend to himself, is a friend to all men.”
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“It is wrong not to give a hand to the fallen. This right is common to the whole human race.”
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“To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.”
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“For the great benefits of our being- our life, health, and reason-we look upon ourselves.”
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“It is not manly to turn one's back on fortune.”
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“The great soul surrenders itself to fate.”
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“Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed. In order to consider himself supremely blessed he must deeply understand that things could be much worse but aren't! To not do that is to always be less happy than he could be.”
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“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.”
45+ Inspirational Quotes by Seneca the Elder:
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