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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.

Seneca the Younger

If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Doubt Hope Mingle Wise
The part of life which we really live is short.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Life Part Really Short
We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Honor Justice Loss
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Necessary Peace Vanquish Wish
The Fates guide those who go willingly. Those who do not, they drag.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fate Guides Inspirational
The sun shines even on the wicked.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Evil Shine Wicked
People do not die – they kill themselves.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Die People Philosophy Themselves
Those who boast of their descent, brag on what they owe to others.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Ancestry Brag Descent
That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Cause Loss Negligence
That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

End Eternity Fear
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Continue Dream Indulge Men
The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Bear Matter Things
The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Lying Money Political
It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Fortune Mankind Someone Unconquer
One must take all one’s life to learn how to leave, and what will perhaps make you wonder more, one must take all one’s life to learn how to die.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Death Dying Wonder
The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGER

Consistency Deed

He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.

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