Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Greatness stands upon a precipice, and if prosperity carries a man never so little beyond his poise, it overbears and dashes him to pieces.
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That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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Our words should aim not to please, but to help.
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Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.
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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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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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