It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhile crime is punished it yet increases.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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One who’s our friend is fond of us; one who’s fond of us isn’t necessarily our friend.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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