There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWe are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a common calamity but virtue; for the foundation of true joy is in the conscience.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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Time hath often cured the wound which reason failed to heal.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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Men learn while they teach.
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Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
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