What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGERStudy rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.
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Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
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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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Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.
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The young man must store up, the old man must use.
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A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver.
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Human society is like an arch, kept from falling by the mutual pressure of its parts
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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Men learn while they teach.
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He who is brave is free.
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Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.
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The greatest man is he who chooses right with the most invincible resolution.
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It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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