What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLife without literary studies is death.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The mind is never right but when it is at peace within itself.
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It is easier to grow in dignity than to make a start.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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He who has great power should use it lightly.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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There’s one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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After death there is nothing.
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Who timidly requests invites refusal.
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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Epileptics know by signs when attacks are imminent and take precautions accordingly; we must do the same in regard to anger
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Our plans miscarry because they have no aim.
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