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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.

Seneca the Younger

Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ad Death Journey Life
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?
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Assuming Honor Men Prompt
No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Adversity Dawn Philosophical
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Distress Fellow Man
What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Good Innocence Law
Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Alive Death Literature
Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Counsel Grief Light People
Don’t stumble over something behind you.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Inspiration Motivational Wisdom
It is safer to offend certain men than it is to oblige them; for as proof that they owe nothing they seek recourse in hatred.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Hatred Men Revenge
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.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Help May Need
One crime has to be concealed by another.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Crime Philosophical Prison
The poor are not the people with less, which is less desirable
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Desirable People Poor
It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Dignity Easier Grow Start
How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Darkness Mind Prosperity
Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Blessing Death Mean
For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Freedom Men Simplicity

I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.

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