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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.

Seneca the Younger
Men, Long, Care
"Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter XXII)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1917.

Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.

Seneca the Younger
Depressing, Mind, Quality

To see a man fearless in dangers, untainted with lusts, happy in adversity, composed in a tumult, and laughing at all those things which are generally either coveted or feared, all men must acknowledge that this can be from nothing else but a beam of divinity that influences a mortal body.

Seneca the Younger
Laughter, Adversity, Men

When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.

Seneca the Younger
Life, Sick, Alive

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

Seneca the Younger
Example, Attention, Improvement

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

Seneca the Younger
Inspirational, Happiness, Laughter
"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution; who resists to sorest temptation from within and without; who bears the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who is calmest in storms, and most fearless under menaces and frowns; whose reliance on truth, on virtue, and on God is most unfaltering.

Seneca the Younger
Greatness, Men, Temptation

You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.

Seneca the Younger
Cease

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

Seneca the Younger
Inspirational, Appreciation, Character
"Moral Letters to Lucilius (Letter LII)". Book by Seneca the Younger, 1917.

If you live according to nature, you never will be poor; if according to the world's caprice, you will never be rich.

Seneca the Younger
Inspirational, Life, Nature

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Seneca the Younger
Wisdom, Future, Way

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

Seneca the Younger
Deeds And Words, Proof, Should

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca the Younger
Men, Wind, Goal

No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.

Seneca the Younger
Freedom, Men, Flesh
"Epistolæ Ad Lucilium", XCII in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 294-296), 1922.

A good mind possesses a kingdom.

Seneca the Younger
Wisdom, Intelligence, Mind
"Thyestes", Act II. 380 in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 513-516), 1922.

No one can keep a mask on long.

Seneca the Younger
Long, Mask

A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his position, which after all is only something we wear like clothing.

Seneca the Younger
Horse, Animal, Men

To govern was to serve, not to rule.

Seneca the Younger
Love, Leadership

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Seneca the Younger
Motivational, Caring, Giving
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection of wisdom is what makes the happy life, although even the beginnings of wisdom make life bearable. Yet this conviction, clear as it is, needs to be strengthened and given deeper roots through daily reflection; making noble resolutions is not a important as keeping the resolutions you have made already.

Seneca the Younger
Happy Life, Reflection, Roots

It is within the power of every man to live his life nobly, but of no man to live forever. Yet so many of us hope that life will go on forever, and so few aspire to live nobly.

Seneca the Younger
Success, Men, Forever

Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.

Seneca the Younger
States, Dues, Security

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

Seneca the Younger
Philosophical, Wish, Live For Yourself
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

Seneca the Younger
Happiness, Character, Guarantees

As was his language so was his life.

Seneca the Younger
Thought Provoking, Silence, Language

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