One hand washes the other.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat must be shall be; and that which is a necessity to him that struggles, is little more than choice to him that is willing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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Our (the Stoic) motto, as you know, is live according to nature.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Precepts are the rules by which we ought to square our lives. When they are contracted into sentences, they strike the affections; whereas admonition is only blowing of the coal.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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One crime has to be concealed by another.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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