What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThey lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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After death there is nothing.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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He who is brave is free.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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Indolence is stagnation; employment is life.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
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Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
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