He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: ” Is this the condition that I feared?”
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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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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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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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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