A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
SENECA THE YOUNGERNot how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
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Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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Dangerous is wrath concealed. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking vengeance.
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Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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