That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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If you judge, investigate.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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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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How great would be our peril if our slaves began to number us!
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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