Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROn him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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When one is friend on himself, also is friend of everybody.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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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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Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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Where fear is, happiness is not.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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But when you are looking on anyone as a friend when you do not trust him as you trust yourself, you are making a grave mistake, and have failed to grasp sufficiently the full force of true friendship.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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