There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
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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In whatever direction you turn, you will see God coming to meet you; nothing is void of him, he himself fills all his work.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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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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True happiness is…to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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A great fortune is a great slavery.
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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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The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
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Begin at once to live, and count each day as a separate life.
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It’s the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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