Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
SENECA THE YOUNGERI am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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After death there is nothing.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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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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Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.
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The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.
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To live is not a blessing, but to live well.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
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Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.
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Be harsh with yourself at times.
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