If we desire to judge justly, we must persuade ourselves that none of us is without sin.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat 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.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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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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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
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Life is long if you know how to use it.
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In every good man a God doth dwell.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
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Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man’s power to live long.
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To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor’s wife – demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.
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