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.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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While we are postponing, life speeds by.
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The person you are matters more than the place to which you go.
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Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.
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Time discovers truth.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember …] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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