If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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I don’t trust liberals, I trust conservatives.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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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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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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