Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERSo live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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He who has made a fair compact with poverty is rich.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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All art is but imitation of nature.
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You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
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It’s a vice to trust all, and equally a vice to trust none.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher
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Who-only let him be a man and intent upon honor-is not eager for the honorable ordeal and prompt to assume perilous duties? To what energetic man is not idleness a punishment?
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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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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.
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Life without literary studies is death.
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Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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