There is nothing more miserable and foolish than anticipation.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHe 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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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.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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As the soil, however rich it may be, cannot be productive without cultivation, so the mind without culture can never produce good fruit
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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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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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.
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If you judge, investigate.
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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To be enslaved to oneself is the heaviest of all servitudes.-
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The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.
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