That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt is another’s fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so shall I choose my death when I am about to depart from life.
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What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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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?
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
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The sun shines even on the wicked.
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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.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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Although a man has so well purged his mind that nothing can trouble or deceive him any more, yet he reached his present innocence through sin.
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The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
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To be feared is to fear. No one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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